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Lena Kotler-Wallace tells The Advocate about her forceful removal from a school board meeting after defending her autistic, transgender, and nonbinary children.
The Trevor Project’s latest study highlights increased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among LGBTQ+ youth with disabilities, emphasizing the need for inclusive mental health support and affirming environments.
July is Disability Pride Month, a time to celebrate progress in championing accessibility and equity. But, as Easterseals's President and CEO writes, more work is still needed.
The reversal comes just two weeks after Texas legalized social worker discrimination against LGBTQ+ clients.
Maria Town, president of the American Association of People with Disabilities, says disability is not a sign of weakness.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers will lead GLSEN through a new chapter in its work to create safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ students.
These activists are utilizing their unique identities to fight for all our rights.
More than 50,000 young people told the Human Rights Campaign how they felt after the election of Donald Trump. Their responses were sad and frightening.
Irish Equality Minister Roderic O'Gorman is committed to having the practice banned by 2024.
A pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday marked the first time an LGBTQ+ group has been included in the Catholic Church's Jubilee.
Spreading dangerous viewpoints and preaching transphobia somehow makes someone a viable presidential candidate in 2023.
On the 30th anniversary of his death, and with the new Gus Van Sant biopic bearing his name, Harvey Milk is bigger than ever. As movie audiences nationwide reflect on the man who was, one can't help but wonder about the man who might have been. What if Milk hadn't been murdered?
Keep it here for updates from The Advocate as our senior national reporter, Christopher Wiggins, covers the DNC from the event.
The lawsuit says the Elba City school district ignored the teen's cries for help and failed to implement basic antibullying measures.
"I'm not resisting and this is what fascists do!" Lena Kotler said as police officers carried her.
The Democratic presidential candidate released a strategy to address the "urgent crisis" that is harming LGBT students and other young people from vulnerable populations.
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, the youth-oriented LGBTQ+ organization's new executive director, enters her job at a critical time.
Harris met with activists for Pride Month but stressed that such conversations must be ongoing, as there's still much work to be done.
The organization announced Paley's departure in an email late last week.
