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DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more

Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.

Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze

Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.

Donald Trump's DOT will prioritize areas with higher 'marriage and birth rates'

The memo directs DOT employees to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."

Federal Judge Grants Benefits to Lesbian Widow

A same-sex marriage in Canada was upheld as valid in Illinois.

DOJ Awards Federal Grant to Antigay Group Hookers for Jesus

A 2018 manual of the Christian organization said that homosexuality is immoral.

Federal judge grants Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado pre-trial release from D.C. jail

The transgender woman had been held in solitary confinement in the men’s section of the D.C. jail.

Trump, on Way Out, Continues Attacking LGBTQ+ Americans

In recent days the Trump administration has endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by groups receiving federal grants.

Messenger RNA could be the key to an HIV vaccine — but RFK Jr.'s cuts pose a threat

The notorious anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. recently canceled $500 million in federal grants for mRNA vaccine research.

From purity rings to 'Don’t Say Gay,' the right’s war on sex ed never ended

Opinion: When federal grants depend on erasing LGBTQ+ people from classrooms, it’s not education — it’s censorship dressed up as morality, argues Emma Cieslik.

U.S. Appeals Court Grants Mexican Trans Woman Asylum

In a historic decision for undocumented transgender asylum-seekers and rape survivors with felony convictions, a federal appeals court has granted a Mexican trans woman asylum in the U.S.

Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery

A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.

Ohio Marriage Ruling Stayed, Except for Plaintiffs

Federal judge Timothy Black granted a stay on his ruling striking down Ohio's marriage recognition ban, but ordered the state to issue birth certificates listing both married same-sex parents to the four plaintiff couples.

This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo

A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.

Judge rules Trump’s NIH grant cuts reflect anti-LGBTQ+ bias and racial discrimination

The grants must be restored, says U.S. District Judge William Young.