Russian parliament seeks to ban ‘childfree propaganda’ and adoption by foreign trans families in latest moves
The two bills are the latest in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
November 12, 2024
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Arrest made in anti-LGBTQ+ California drive-by pellet gun shootings
The 19-year-old man allegedly targeted businesses and victims in San Diego’s popular Hillcrest gayborhood.
September 17, 2024
Outrage in Seattle after ‘raids’ of several gay bars citing ‘lewd conduct’ laws
The authorities deny that it was a raid, but bar owners, managers, and patrons are asking what else to call it.
January 30, 2024
Lacking Protections, Penn. Establishes Nation's First LGBTQ Commission
Governor Tom Wolf makes a bold move to protect LGBTQ residents in a state with nearly zero formal protections.
August 7, 2018
Southern LGBTQ+ history group to establish permanent archive, expand reach
Invisible Histories seeks to preserve and share the history of LGBTQ+ communities in the South.
April 8, 2025
Tammy Baldwin and Lisa Murkowski file bill to establish LGBTQ+ youth crisis line in law
Their legislation would revive the crisis line the Trump administration shut down.
September 17, 2025
Meet Will Wooten, the gay lawyer on the team prosecuting Donald Trump in Georgia
Assistant Fulton County District Attorney Will Wooten is responsible for establishing the county’s first LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.
March 29, 2024
Biden Issues Wide-Ranging Executive Order Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights
The order directs federal agencies to address health care, education, conversion therapy, homelessness, foster care, and more.
June 15, 2022
'Cured' Doc Examines Path to Declassifying Homosexuality as Disorder
Before the removal of homosexuality from the manual, those in the psychiatric establishment believed that homosexuality could be "cured" by electroconvulsive therapy, castration, or even lobotomies.
October 11, 2021
Kamala Harris's LGBTQ Plan Includes a Chief Advocate in White House
The California senator and Democratic presidential hopeful released a comprehensive plan on LGBTQ issues today.
October 10, 2019
New York Woman Indicted for Threatening to Shoot Up LGBTQ+ Businesses in Colorado
Sharon Robinson, 40, is accused of calling and threatening at least four businesses located in Denver and Glendale, Colo.
May 26, 2023
Pittsburgh police raid LGBTQ+ bar during drag show featuring Amanda Lepore
What the owners of P Town have called a "surprise inspection" has been described by attendees as reminiscent of past police raids of gay establishments.
May 5, 2025
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Outlaws Conversion Therapy on Minors
It's the 22nd state to do so.
July 26, 2023
Liz Cheney's Marriage Equality Support Isn't Big, But This Part Is
In a 60 Minutes interview, the lawmaker said she was wrong to be against marriage equality and argued for more work to be done against the discrimination of LGBTQ+ people.
October 5, 2021
Another One Bites the Dust: Iconic Kentucky Gay Club Shuttering
Operating for more than 13 years, Soundbar will close its doors later this month.
November 4, 2022
Gay Bars Open in Denver, Oakland After Winter of Queer Closures
The launch of Que Rico and Tight End offers some hope following a season of shuttering.
April 27, 2021
Putin bans adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries permitting gender-affirming care
A second new law bans "childfree propaganda" with 5 million ruble fines (the equivalent of $48,000).
November 25, 2024
Kamala Harris Makes Historic Visit to Stonewall Inn, Vows to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
As one of Harris’s many firsts, she is now the first sitting Vice President of the United States to visit the famed queer space.
June 27, 2023
California Will House Trans Inmates According to Gender Identity
The new policy is part of a package of pro-LGBTQ+ bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
September 28, 2020
Neo-Nazis Attack Gay Bar While Screaming ‘White Power’ & Antigay Slurs
Earlier in November, more than 100 people gathered at the same bar and chanted similar slurs.
December 1, 2021