Report: 5 employees quit over LGBTQ+ book removal
Bodacious Bookstore & Cafe denies removing titles, saying it only responded to complaints about age-inappropriate content visible to children.
May 7, 2025
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Biden Administration Proposes Sweeping Title IX LGBTQ+ Protections
The Department of Education released the proposal as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the landmark civil rights law.
June 23, 2022
Scholastic Separates LGBTQ+ Titles at Book Fairs in Response to Book Bans
The publisher's action is drawing criticism from teachers, librarians, and advocacy groups.
October 18, 2023
Breaking: Judge strikes down Biden's Title IX expansion to LGBTQ+ students
The judge found the regulation "fatally" flawed.
January 9, 2025
Supreme Court ruling on Title IX raises questions about LGBTQ+ rights
The court refused to let the Biden administration enforce the rule, which includes protections for transgender students, in 10 states that have sued over it.
August 20, 2024
Federal judge blocks Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students in six more states
The preliminary injunction affects Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
June 17, 2024
Post-SCOTUS Ruling, We Must Still Fight for LGBTQ Title IX Protections
On Title IX Day, don't forget about the trans students Betsy DeVos is taking aim at.
June 23, 2020
Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't phased by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
June 4, 2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas judge rules against Biden’s Title IX protections for transgender students
Judge Reed O’Connor stepped in to block the U.S. Department of Education from protecting LGBTQ+ kids from discrimination in public schools, at least in Texas.
June 13, 2024
South Carolina education leader: schools should ignore LGBTQ-inclusive Title IX rule
The Biden administration's directive "is not fairness, it is fiat," says Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver.
May 2, 2024
Over 20 Republican-led states are challenging Biden admin's LGBTQ-inclusive Title IX rule
The Department of Education says sex discrimination includes anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. More than 20 Republican attorney generals disagree.
May 11, 2024
RuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titles
The online store declined to comment, but flagged certain books as 'contrary to our core values' and vowed to donate proceeds to fight book bans.
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March 4, 2024
This Is How Today's SCOTUS Decision Doesn't Protect LGBTQ+ People
Title VII is a huge victory for LGBTQ+ employees and shouldn't be undermined, but the Equality Act is the big kahuna.
June 15, 2020
Virginia Republicans vote to take control of local library after losing fight to remove LGBTQ+ books
After successfully defending LGBTQ+ titles from conservative bans, the Samuels Public Library in Front Royale now faces a governance overhaul aimed at increasing taxpayer oversight.
December 12, 2024
Left unprotected, the fight for inclusive Title IX isn't over
The Biden-Harris administration's new Title IX rule promised to protect LGBTQ+ students from sexual violence, but conservative states are blocking its implementation and leaving many queer assault survivors unprotected.
October 7, 2024
As Lawsuit Looms, a Nonbinary Utah University Alum Is Looking to Protect Future Students
Finley Caciola’s fight against discrimination led to a Title IX case and a lawsuit that could undo the strides made by the original finding.
December 19, 2023
Proposed funding deal will be deadly for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
What is perhaps most absurd about the reported deal is that it won’t actually solve any of the problems plaguing the immigration system, and will actually make things worse, writes Bridget Crawford.
January 26, 2024
Advocacy Groups Warn White House of Risks to LGBTQ+ Refugee in Potential Asylum Policy Overhaul
A united front of LGBTQ+ and immigrants' rights organizations recently condemned potential changes to asylum regulations.
December 27, 2023
Karine Jean-Pierre pushes back at reporter's transphobic question about Title IX at White House briefing
While saying she couldn’t speak about active litigation, the White House press secretary pushed back against the question that claimed ‘biological men’ are in women’s sports.
August 8, 2024
Georgia School's LGBTQ+ Book Purge Violated Students' Rights: DOE
According to the Department of Education, the school system has entered into a resolution agreement to remedy the damage its prior actions had on students.
May 23, 2023
A straight white woman brought a discrimination case to the Supreme Court. Here's what that could mean
Marlean Ames claims that she suffered “reverse discrimination” as a straight white woman when her queer colleagues were promoted over her.
February 25, 2025