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U.S. District Judge John Steele ruled on Monday that Naples city officials violated free speech rights by issuing an event permit with a condition that Naples Pride host its drag performances indoors.
George M. Johnson's novel All Boys Aren't Blue released five years ago. Since then, it has become the most banned book in the country.
Meta's Oversight Board allowed transphobic posts after executives warned they should be “treated carefully ... given the fraught political debate.”
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
Arguments are scheduled next week for Mahmoud v. Taylor, which could further roll back students' rights to information.
“Before the city, emboldened by anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment, imposed unconstitutional burdens on Pridefest, Naples Pride was able to feature its family-friendly drag performance without issue for years,” said Samantha Past, the ACLU of Florida’s LGBTQ+ rights attorney.
Melissa Calhoun is believed to be the first teacher to be fired for using a student's preferred name.
Maintenance staff had to put up then take down 117 signs across campus, bringing the total cost of labor and materials to $16,000.
Just how far does religious freedom go? Many human rights experts believe it's already gone too far.
A student "Draggieland" performance will go on as scheduled March 27.
"Woke" is a term appropriated from Black communities and has now been used by the right against them and other groups.
He threatened expulsion, deportation and jail for anyone violating his edict. According to the First Amendment, that's not constitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's drag ban, but a separate suit is still ongoing.
It’s the latest salvo by LGBTQ+ legal advocates at Lambda Legal.
Davante Lewis tells The Advocate about his removal as vice chairman on Louisiana's Public Service Commission, which he believes was racially and politically motivated.
Davante Lewis talks to The Advocate ahead of a vote to remove him from his vice chairman role on Louisiana's Public Service Commission — all for defending former HHS official Dr. Rachel Levine.
Matthew Humphrey has been exonerated three years after his wrongful arrest for speaking out against book bans during a local library board meeting.
The lawsuit claims that ISU officials have prohibited an LGBTQ+ group from hosting a 2025 Pride celebration on campus despite allowing and sponsoring the event in 2023 and 2024.
Several large book publishers and a small public library are suing the state of Idaho over its book ban that requires libraries to restrict content "harmful to minors" to patrons 18 and older.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could allow guardians to prohibit students from hearing lessons or using books involving LGBTQ+ identities.
U.S.-based users will no longer be able to download or use the popular short-form video platform as of Jan. 19.
