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Rainbow crosswalk in Hoboken (L); Women on motorcycles at Denver Pride (M); Empire State Building in rainbow colors (R)

What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15

Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.

Cowboy at Oklahoma Pride (L); Oklahoma Pride float with young people (M); Pulse Nightclub memorial mourners (R)

What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15

A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

Sarah McBride at the US Capitol Building

Sarah McBride gives moving farewell speech to Delaware Senate as she heads to D.C.

McBride thanked her fellow Delaware representatives for helping her "realize the awesome responsibility and the awesome opportunity that we have to leave this state better and kinder than we found it."

Michigan governor gretchen whitmer

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."

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu

New Hampshire Outlaws 'LGBTQ+ Panic' Defense in Homicide Cases

Gov. Chris Sununu signed the bill to this effect last week.