San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other LGBTQ+ groups bring new lawsuit against anti-trans executive orders
It’s the latest salvo by LGBTQ+ legal advocates at Lambda Legal.
February 21, 2025
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Michigan bans 'gay and trans panic' defense as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs historic bill (exclusive)
HB 4718 prohibits using the "sexual orientation or gender identity of a victim as a defense to a crime."
July 24, 2024
Erick Russell Is First Black Gay Statewide Elected Official
Russell has been elected Connecticut state treasurer.
November 9, 2022
Two LGBTQ+ women may soon be confirmed as lifetime judges: 'It's crucial right now'
If Judges Nicole Berner and Melissa DuBose are confirmed to the federal bench, President Joe Biden would tie a record of appointing 11 openly LGBTQ+ lifetime judges.
January 29, 2024
Jennifer C. Pizer Named Lambda Legal's Chief Legal Officer
Pizer, who joined Lambda Legal in 1996, previously held the post on an acting basis.
October 7, 2022
Out Candidates See Groundbreaking Wins in Connecticut, Minnesota
A Black gay man stands to become Connecticut's treasurer, while Black and transgender women had breakthroughs in Minnesota.
August 10, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ Judicial Nominee Tears Up While Denying He's Anti-LGBTQ
Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump nominee to a federal appeals court, got teary in a Senate hearing, but his anti-LGBTQ record speaks for itself.
October 30, 2019
Trump limits American Bar Association's input on judicial nominees; LGBTQ+ groups say it'll undermine quality
"This is a continuation of the administration's attack on the rule of law," says Andrew Ortiz of the Transgender Law Center.
May 30, 2025
American Bar Association files brief supporting legal challenge to Tennessee's transgender health care ban
The ban "is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law," the American Bar Association's brief says.
September 3, 2024
Pro-Trump Minister: LGBTQ Lawyer's Death From COVID Was God's Judgment
Rick Wiles says the death of LGBT Bar Association of New York board member Richard E. Weber Jr. represents divine punishment.
March 23, 2020
Homophobe Bryan Fischer: 'The Nazi Party Started in a Gay Bar'
The American Family Association commentator continues to promulgate a bizarre origin story about the Nazis.
January 3, 2020
National Park Service removes pages for transgender activists Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
NPS removed the pages shortly after scrubbing transgender people from other government websites.
March 6, 2025
The Buttigieg Campaign Says No to a Gay Bar's Stripper Pole
A Rhode Island campaign event was moved at the last minute, allegedly because of the pole.
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January 20, 2020
Nearly 30% of All Federal Judges Could Be Trump-Appointed by 2021
Democratic candidates must tell us how they will protect us from Trump's assault on the judiciary.
December 2, 2019
Stonewall Inn Gifted $250,000 From Gay Tech Entrepreneur's Foundation
The historic bar has been in danger of permanent closure due to revenue lost during the pandemic.
June 30, 2020
Breaking: Puerto Rico's governor just signed one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet
Here's what the law does.
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July 17, 2025
Doctors, Priests, Republicans All Beg SCOTUS to Outlaw Discrimination
A wide variety of organizations have filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the justices to find that federal law already bans anti-LGBTQ bias in the workplace.
July 11, 2019
North Dakota Finds Novel Way to Ban Most Conversion Therapy
The only out state lawmaker, Joshua Boschee (pictured), was key to the effort to authorize a rule keeping licensed social workers from engaging in the practice.
June 11, 2021
Alabama Extends Anti-Trans Sports Policy to Colleges and Universities
Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to that effect into law Tuesday.
May 31, 2023
Judge Blocks Biden Admin's Guidance on Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination
Judge Charles Atchley says the guidance will interfere with states' ability to enforce their laws, including anti-trans ones.
July 16, 2022
Tanzanian Official Banned From U.S. for Antigay Witch Hunt
Paul Christian Makonda, the regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam, has been punished for the "targeting of marginalized individuals."
February 3, 2020