Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe slams MAGA for 'trying to erase trans people,' gets arrested
The former Minnesota Vikings kicker was arrested after an act of "peaceful civil disobedience” at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting.
February 21, 2025
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Betsy DeVos's Education Dept. Threatens Funding for Pro-Trans Schools
The department says transgender girls shouldn't be allowed to compete with cisgender girls and threatens federal funding for some Connecticut locales.
May 28, 2020
Op-ed: Remember Trans People Lost Serving in Silence
The executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund has an important reminder for Memorial Day.
May 26, 2014
Georgia State Workers Sue Over Denial of Trans Health Care Coverage
The exclusion isn't just wrong, it's illegal, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund.
December 16, 2022
Georgia to Cover Gender-Affirming Care for State Workers Under Settlement of Lawsuit
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund had sued on behalf of state employees denied coverage.
October 19, 2023
Two major national transgender rights organizations announce merger
The National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund will merge to form a new organiation.
January 19, 2024
Federal judge rules in favor of public schools in 16 states that refused to comply with Trump's trans ban
The judge will block the Trump administration's attempt to restrict funding for sex education from schools that teach it in an inclusive way.
October 21, 2025
Tennessee Sued Over Assault on Trans Health Care
This is unlawful discrimination, says the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, which is representing two trans women in the suit.
May 25, 2023
NYC schools sue Trump administration for nixing almost $50M in grants over trans protections
The Department of Education killed funding over policies allowing students to use restrooms and participate in sports aligned with their gender identity.
October 17, 2025
LGBTQ-Affirming School Closing After Antigay Churches Stop Funding
Despite offering a Christian education approach, the school had funding stopped after being openly supportive of LGBTQ+ rights..
February 6, 2023
LGBT Federal Protections Backed by 78 Percent in New Poll
The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.
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July 21, 2015
NOM Spokeswoman Complains When Antigay Arguments Called Out as Antigay
Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and director of the Ruth Institute, a project of NOM's "Marriage Education Fund" directs her ire at LGBT activists who identified her antigay statements about same-sex parenting and LGBT identity as homophobic.
August 1, 2012
Mexican Legal Group Urges President to Sign ENDA StopGap
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund became the first non-LGBT organization to join a movement urging President Obama to sign an executive order that would require federal contractors to have LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination policies.
April 6, 2012
Far Right Attacks It Gets Better After Group Donates $600k to Students
The grants are each for $10,000 and must be used to promote the welfare of LGBTQ+ students.
August 13, 2023
North Carolina and West Virginia can't deny trans health care: federal appeals court
The bans for state employees and Medicaid recipients, respectively, are unconstitutional, the Fourth Circuit ruled.
April 30, 2024
Trans Woman Wins Landmark Settlement in Suit Over Mistreatment in Jail
Makyyla Holland's lawsuit said she was housed with men, beaten, and denied medication while jailed in Broome County, N.Y.
August 28, 2023
Will This Court Case Recognize Non-Biological LGBTQ+ Parents?
The Michigan Supreme Court gives a fresh look at an old doctrine in light of Obergefell v. Hodges.
April 10, 2023
Baylor University Gets Exemption From LGBTQ-Related Sexual Harassment Ban
The conservative Christian school didn't like the expansion of Title IX's sexual harassment regulation to include anti-LGBTQ+ harassment.
August 14, 2023
Maine Gov. Janet Mills hits back after Trump sues state for transgender sports policies
The Trump Administration is suing Maine for allowing trans girls to participate in girls sports, but Gov. Mills says this "has never been about the protection of women and girls."
April 16, 2025
Trump vs. Maine: State refuses anti-trans sports policies as federal agencies push to cut funding
Here's everything you need to know about Trump's spat with Gov. Janet Mills of Maine.
March 24, 2025