How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown
Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.
October 31, 2025
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How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people
About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.
July 1, 2025
Schwarzenegger signs pro-gay antidiscrimination bill
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday protecting gay and transgender people from discrimination in state programs.
August 29, 2006
New York to Introduce ‘X’ Gender Marker on Public Assistance Forms
The move, expected by January 1, comes after a 2021 lawsuit, creating a more inclusive process for nonbinary individuals seeking state aid.
October 6, 2023
USDA website blames SNAP benefits expiring on trans people, immigrants amid shutdown
The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1 due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food.
October 27, 2025
New ABC Talker Laura Ingraham Has Antigay Record
Ingraham has often used inflammatory language in discussing LGBT rights, among many other issues.
April 16, 2014
Trans Folks Who Are Unemployed, Homeless, or in Massive Debt
Paying for medical care isn't the only concern facing transgender Americans.
February 24, 2013
Trump's 'Taxpayer First' Budget Is Another Assault on Women
Trump's proposed budget cuts funding for programs that provide lifesaving services to women.
May 24, 2017
Trump's Labor Secretary Nominee No Friend to Workers
Andy Puzder, who heads the parent company of Carl's Jr., is a critic of business regulations and opposes a major increase in the minimum wage.
December 8, 2016
Op-ed: Even Though It's Legal, I Still Can't Marry My Girlfriend
And the reason has less to do with marriage equality, and more to do with human inequality.
July 8, 2013
Bishop William Barber: Ignoring the poor means ignoring the Jesus factor and defying Christianity
Opinion: Anything less, he warns, is heresy and a betrayal of both the gospel and democracy itself, writes John Casey.
September 27, 2025
Michigan Transgender Man Shot in Hate-Fueled Pellet Gun Attack
The assailant allegedly laughed and yelled an anti-LGBTQ+ slur as they drove away.
July 17, 2023
Study: There May Be Millions More Trans Teens Than Once Estimated
A new study found that transgender teens make up a significant amount of youth.
February 5, 2018
Editor’s Letter: Time for LGBT Voters to Mature
We, as LGBT voters and givers of campaign dollars, have to be especially discerning.
November 1, 2013
Portland, Ore., Becomes Largest U.S. City With Gay Mayor
Portland, Ore., is now the largest U.S. city with an openly gay mayor with the election Tuesday of city commissioner Sam Adams to the post. The mayor-elect avoids a November runoff race by having won 58% of the vote, according to the Associated Press.
May 22, 2008
Why LGBTQ+ advocates hope Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' costs the Republicans in the midterms
Speaker Mike Johnson pushed through the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ people.
July 3, 2025
Trump Budget Would Harm the Neediest LGBTQ Americans
The budget also flies in the face of his pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
March 16, 2019
Texas Democrat who supported gender-affirming care ban loses to queer progressive candidate
Rep. Shawn Thierry broke with the Democratic Party to vote for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now she's lost her primary to Black queer woman Lauren Ashley Simmons
May 31, 2024
Why Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Critical LGBTQ Issue
Raising the minimum wage to $15 would decrease poverty by 46 percent among female same-sex couples and by 35 percent among male same-sex couples, writes NCLR's Tyrone Hanley.
July 17, 2019
Ivanka Trump Proves Once Again She's No Champion for Women in the Workplace
The first daughter backed the Trump administration's halting of a rule for transparency on equal pay.
August 30, 2017