LGBTQ+ groups face alarming funding crisis as Republican anti-trans attacks mount, new report finds
A sharp drop in grants leaves queer and trans groups struggling to fight unprecedented legislative attacks.
July 8, 2025
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A sharp drop in grants leaves queer and trans groups struggling to fight unprecedented legislative attacks.
An anti-LGBTQ+ group had urged the company to pull out of the "woke" index.
“In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so,” Gov. Janet Mills said.
“They’ve purged the ‘immune system’ within the government that held back their worst impulses,” GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.
Our Advocate of the Year has a long legacy of allyship, from founding an HIV/AIDS charity to talking about pronouns on social media.
He was answering a question about fixing Bronx schools.
This debate offers an opportunity for candidates to speak directly to the future of our country—our students. Will they commit to protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ youth, writes GLSEN's Melanie Willingham-Jaggers.
"We are failing our most vulnerable children on this issue," Davids said.
The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."
“Our opposition has endless money; they get to try things, fail, and keep going [while] organizations like GLSEN are forced to make impossible choices,” executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.
"GLSEN, like many of our peer organizations and the communities we serve, is not immune to the widespread and sudden changes moving swiftly over the horizon," writes Melanie Willingham-Jaggers.
Instead of wilting away, The Dru Project — an organization named in honor of Pulse Nightclub victim Drew Leinonen — is shifting its priorities to serve the most vulnerable LGBTQ+ young people in states where their existence is increasingly difficult.
The acclaimed actor will receive the Champion Award from the LGBTQ+ education nonprofit GLSEN.
His mom has been trying to get answers about the school’s anti-LGBTQ+ environment for a year without satisfaction.
Discrimination in education isn't welcome in the Windy City.
Kendell, the former executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, recognizes that it's a crucial time for the LGBTQ+ movement.
He threatened expulsion, deportation and jail for anyone violating his edict. According to the First Amendment, that's not constitutional.
As attacks on LGBTQ+ rights continue, perhaps it's time to rethink our approach to the nonprofit sector, writes Marie-Adélina de la Ferrière.
Democrats say the bill would open the door for sexual predators to exploit young people.
The district must take corrective action after it was found to violate the rights of LGBTQ+ students and others who were bullied.
America elected a man who promised to roll back the rights of transgender people.