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Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report

There are several ways LGBTQ+ refugees could be denied under Trump's new admissions cap.

LGBT Asian-American groups protest immigration reform

As Congress reconvenes this week after its spring recess, Senate majority leader Bill Frist, House speaker Dennis Hastert, and President Bush were put on notice by a coalition of LGBT Asian-American groups--led by the Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New York--that the immigration reform bill currently pending is largely unacceptable.

New immigration report shows binational same-sex couples face discrimination

A new report on the U.S. immigration system shows that binational same-sex couples are systematically discriminated against.

Washington Governor Signs Bill Protecting Transgender Kids from Estranged Parents

The law involves children who are housed at host homes.

How U.S. Is Quietly Helping LGBT Refugees

Despite the lack of fanfare or a Rose Garden ceremony, the U.S. is now helping LGBT people fleeing persecution to bring their loved ones along. 

Op-ed: I Am Your Gay Immigrant Brother

The failure to reform immigration affects us all as LGBT Americans.

Crossing Borders

Gay Americans have long been denied the right to live at home with their noncitizen partners. But Congress may finally be on the verge of changing all that. 

'We too are immigrants'

Gay Latinos are crossing the border from Mexico in search of a better life and a place where they can be themselves. But when they get here they're not always finding the American dream.

'The F Word': A Queer Couple's Adventures in the Foster Care System

This comedic docuseries shares a Bay Area queer couple's journey in the process of adopting from foster care.

Lesbian moms custody dispute finally settled in Vermont

A Vermont judge has dissolved the civil union of two lesbian former lovers and awarded custody of their 5-year-old daughter to one, with regular visitation for the other.

​Gay Dem who represents district of Wisconsin school shooting demands action, not just ‘thoughts and prayers’

Several were killed in the shooting and more are injured, some critically.

5 N.Y. Schools Evacuated After Bomb Threats Over LGBTQ+ Books

The person threatening the schools was upset about “groomers,” which is a far-right wing slur to attack LGBTQ+ people who work with children.

The sins of the fathers

Cardinal Ouellet doesn't believe in punishing children for their parents' sins--that is, unless their parents' sin is homosexuality

Could Australia Be the Next Country to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage?

Germany struggled for years to enact marriage equality, and Australia is similarily dragging its feet. 

Steps to Gay Fatherhood: The Panic Will Pass

Being a dad to twins could incite a panic, but not for the reasons you'd expect.

Destination: Berlin

In an evolving capital, everything old is new again.

A Reason to Have Pride: 'Girlesque'

Here is the fourth of four parts of 181 reasons to feel proud of not being straight and narrow.