Texas A&M professor fired over discussion of gender identity
Melissa McCoul's firing comes after disciplinary action against administrators.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
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Kansas public universities end LGBTQ+, DEI programs
The University of Kansas and Kansas State are doing so in keeping with a new state law.
JULY 28, 2025
Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
APRIL 18, 2025
A Virginia college bans transgender students — based on language from the year 1900
Sweet Briar College's founder's 1900 will stated that Sweet Briar would be a school for girls and women, and the college must abide by the understanding of gender at that time, administrators say.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Out Congress members outraged as anti-LGBTQ+ bills advance
U.S. House committees approved an anti-trans sports bill and one allowing faith-based discrimination by college groups.
MARCH 21, 2024
Black LGBTQ+ Students to Suffer After SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action
The elimination of affirmative action in admissions decisions will have (un)intended consequences, say critics.
JUNE 29, 2023
Boston Nonprofit Opens Doors for Marginalized Students Seeking Advanced Degrees
Leadership Brainery looks to provide resources and connections for marginalized communities to gain access to higher education.
JUNE 19, 2023
Michael Seltzer, prominent LGBTQ+ activist and fundraiser in fight against AIDS, dead at 78
Seltzer spurred philanthropic organizations to take the AIDS crisis seriously.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes anti-trans bills, and tells lawmakers to 'focus on real issues that matter'
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a birth certificate update ban as well as two DEI bans that explicitly included transgender people.
MAY 5, 2025
Ohio university posts 'biological sex' restroom signs, then says it was a mistake
The signs at the University of Cincinnati were put up as a result of a new Ohio law. Students are outraged over them as well as the potential rollback of DEI programs.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Spate of racist text messages goes out after Trump's election
"You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation," says a racist message circulating in several states.
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Florida LGBTQ+ advocates slam ban on sociology, DEI at state’s universities
The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s university system, made the decision to implement higher education reforms championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
JANUARY 29, 2024
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Clarence Thomas in Affirmative Action Dissent
Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."
JUNE 29, 2023
Texas A&M removes administrators over 'transgender indoctrination' accusations by student
A student objected to a professor's assertion that there are more than two genders. Then Republican politicians got involved.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
Billie Jean King is going back to college and hoping to inspire others
King left college 60 years ago to pursue her tennis career. Now she's back to earn her degree.
JULY 31, 2025
University of Louisville caves to anti-LGBTQ+ forces twice this week
The university canceled a graduation ceremony for LGBTQ+ students and reached a reported seven-figure settlement with an anti-transgender former professor.
APRIL 24, 2025
NCAA caves and says it will obey Trump order banning trans athletes
"We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions," NCAA President Charlie Baker said.
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Republicans want colleges to fund student religious groups that discriminate against LGBTQ+ peers
That's part of a bill passed by the U.S. House Thursday, seeking to supersede the "all-comers" policies approved by the Supreme Court in 2010. Democrats, including Equality Caucus Chair Mark Pocan, are outraged.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Boise State professor ran far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ website: report
Some activists are calling on the university to repudiate Scott Yenor's views; among other things, his site carried an article calling LGBTQ+ people groomers.
MARCH 29, 2024
Lesbian Toni Atkins announces run for California governor in 2026
Atkins enters a crowded field seeking to succeed Gavin Newsom, who is term-limited.
JANUARY 19, 2024