What Medicaid and SNAP cuts mean for LGBTQ+ people
Trump's "one big, beautiful" tax and spending law is poised to make drastic cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — programs on which many LGBTQ+ Americans rely.
JULY 16, 2025
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USAID Releases Historic LGBTQ-Inclusive Development Policy
The new policy is meant to provide a framework for the agency to create inclusive programming.
AUGUST 2, 2023
LGBTQ Students Need Support, Not a Policy That Expels Them
The Immanuel Christian School, where the second lady teaches art, is harming young people with its anti-LGBTQ policies, writes GLAAD's Senior Director of the Media Institute, Ross Murray.
JANUARY 18, 2019
Stanford Mocks BYU's Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies in 'Gay Chicken' Skit
Stanford University later apologized for the football halftime performance.
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
HUD Affirms LGBTQ-Inclusive Policy, Withdraws Anti-Trans Proposal
The Biden administration continues to reverse the former president's hostile policies.
APRIL 23, 2021
Mormon Church Shows Some Progress By Dropping Anti-LGBTQ Policies
While the church remains anti-LGBTQ in many ways, it will no longer deny baptism to most children of same-sex couples.
APRIL 4, 2019
Idaho School Board Meeting Erupts in Chaos Over LGBTQ-Inclusive Policy
Several residents of Caldwell, Idaho, said the policy would go against God's laws, and a state senator threatened board members with litigation.
JANUARY 11, 2023
How you can make bathrooms safer for trans and nonbinary people
Data shows that even in states with trans-friendly policies, transgender and nonbinary people report high rates of harassment in public bathrooms. Advocates say everyday people can have a big impact in interrupting discrimination in gendered restrooms.
MARCH 4, 2024
Vatican Reviews Policies on LGBTQ+ Parishioners, Women in Leadership
It's the latest example of the Catholic Church responding to criticisms over certain issues.
OCTOBER 27, 2022
20 GOP Attorneys General Blast Biden's LGBTQ+ Policies
Republican state AG's, led by Tennessee's Herbert Slatery, are objecting to recent guidance on avoiding anti-LGBTQ+ and specifically anti-trans discrimination.
JULY 9, 2021
Judge Blocks Michigan's Pro-LGBTQ Adoption Nondiscrimination Policy
The federal judge contends an adoption agency that won't serve LGBTQ parents doesn't really discriminate because it sends them elsewhere.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Chipotle to Papa John's: 60 Corps That Improved LGBTQ Policies in 2020
The Human Rights Campaign released its Corporate Equality Index, and dozens of businesses nabbed perfect scores for the first time.
JANUARY 29, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ+ state policies lead young people to move or consider it: study
A new report from the Trevor Project and the Movement Advancement Project calls for state policymakers to consider the impact of their actions.
JANUARY 22, 2025
Trans Football Player's Dad Slams School System's Anti-LGBTQ Policies
A Catholic diocese overseeing Catholic schools in South Dakota has issued a set of policies saying LGBTQ+ identity undermines the basis of society.
AUGUST 17, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans
Rigorous and long-standing research demonstrates that LGBTQ+-inclusive policies support safer communities and stronger economies for everyone, while exclusionary laws worsen and limit access to essential services.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Conservatives are outraged by this California school's LGBTQ+ policies
In expressing their disdain for policies pushing so-called "LGBT ideology," conservatives are actually taking a stance against anti-bullying rules.
JANUARY 9, 2024
United Methodist Church Affirms Anti-LGBTQ Policies
The church's Judicial Council OK'd the retention of bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages.
APRIL 29, 2019
Report: Trump Policy Enabled Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families
The discrimination is documented in a new congressional report, which comes as the Supreme Court is set to hear a case on bias in adoption and foster care.
AUGUST 19, 2020
Donatella Versace Blasts the Italian Government’s Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
In an impassioned speech at an award ceremony last Sunday, the designer denounced Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led coalition for ongoing measures to restrict LGBTQ+ rights.
OCTOBER 1, 2023
Students Sue Christian University Over Its Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
Seattle Pacific University was already under investigation, and freely admits it discriminates against LGBTQ+ applicants.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Texas Kills Policy Allowing Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Social Work
The reversal comes just two weeks after Texas legalized social worker discrimination against LGBTQ+ clients.
OCTOBER 27, 2020