Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Upheld by Appeals Court
It is the first time a federal court has allowed such a law to go into effect.
July 10, 2023
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Don’t Let Extremists Deny LGBTQ+ Students an Education
The executive director of Point Foundation discusses the affects of anti-LGBTQ+ laws on students who seek to continue their education.
June 14, 2023
On Roe v. Wade's anniversary, the meaning of the ruling — and its loss
The abortion rights ruling stood for almost 50 years, with major implications for other bodily autonomy rights. What are the implications of its overturning?
January 22, 2024
The Groundwork For a Supreme Court Case on Gender-Affirming Care Is Being Laid Now
The legal battle around transgender rights has shifted dramatically. Here's why — and what could come next.
October 12, 2023
Christian group defending LGBTQ+ conversion therapy at SCOTUS accused of using 'false evidence'
Researchers say the Alliance Defending Freedom is misrepresenting its work to harm LGBTQ+ people.
October 6, 2025
Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality
They want to return to a so-called “natural definition” of marriage as between one man and one woman.
January 8, 2025
Matt Gaetz: LGBTQ+ Folks Should Oppose Abortion So They Can Adopt Kids
But the Human Rights Campaign's Sarah Warbelow pointed out that no one should be forced to give birth in order to provide someone else with a child.
July 14, 2022
ROE V. WADE OVERTURNED IN DOBBS DECISION
The decision has devastating implications for LGBTQ+ people.
June 24, 2022
Just one Christian Nationalist group is behind Idaho's bans on trans care and abortion
Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are heavily intertwined, and one group conservative hate group continues to use its influence in Idaho.
April 19, 2024
Lori Lightfoot on Defending the LGBTQ+ Community Against Republican Attacks
The former Chicago mayor says she understands the strategy Republicans are using and that it’s a losing one.
July 31, 2023
Virginia teacher fired for refusing to use trans student's pronouns awarded $575,000
Peter Vlaming, a former French teacher at West Point High School, filed a lawsuit in 2019 after he was fired for discriminating against a student by refusing to use his pronouns.
October 3, 2024
Every Supreme Court decision that radically changed LGBTQ+ rights
The court’s LGBTQ+ decisions have given our community cause for celebration as well as cause for despair. Here’s a look back at these rulings.
June 26, 2024
Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Southwest Attorneys Attend Training by Anti-LGBTQ+ Group
The Alliance Defending Freedom has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
August 10, 2023
Biden Says SCOTUS to Go After Marriage Equality Following Roe v. Wade
The president warned that equal employment and even contraception could also be on the chopping block.
May 12, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ+ mom in Oregon wins right to potentially adopt LGBTQ+ kids
Jessica Bates said she would not let her kids dress how they want, nor take them to the doctor for gender dysphoria treatment.
July 25, 2025
Is Marriage Equality the Conservative Target After Abortion Rights?
The assault on reproductive freedom, including the restrictive Mississippi law that recently went before the Supreme Court, could set up attacks on LGBTQ+ rights.
February 16, 2022
Massachusetts foster parents lose license after refusing to properly care for LGBTQ+ youth
A couple lost their foster care license after they wouldn't agree not to discriminate against LGBTQ+ youth nor attempt to change them.
October 10, 2025
How this Democrat fights Marjorie Taylor Greene's transphobia in Congress with smart preparation
With calm defiance and procedural precision, Rep. Melanie Stansbury turned a House hearing into a masterclass in how Democrats can confront anti-trans attacks with facts, strategy, and moral clarity.
June 5, 2025
Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade; Other Rights at Risk
A draft has been leaked of Justice Samuel Alito's ruling to overturn the abortion rights decision, and four other justices have voted to join him.
May 2, 2022
Waffler and coward Josh Hawley runs away — again — from a problem he helped create
Opinion: Hawley is running from his big beautiful bill vote the same way he sprinted away from insurrectionists on January 6, writes John Casey.
July 17, 2025
Is This the Next Supreme Court Case on LGBTQ+ Rights?
The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
July 11, 2023