LGBTQ+ elders are more likely to live in poverty. Here's how we can change that
About 40 percent of LGBTQ+ elders live below the federal poverty line, and their housing situation could be keeping them there.
June 16, 2025
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A Trump-Appointed Judge Refuses to Stop Misgendering a Defendant
Stuart Kyle Duncan has long been an enemy of LGBTQ people -- he's now taken his seething animus to the federal bench.
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Op-ed: Why Alabama Needs to Update Its Sex Education
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