'It makes you angry:' LGBTQ+ food pantries prepare for end of SNAP benefits
As SNAP runs out of money, LGBTQ+ community centers and nonprofits are feeding people when the government won't.
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October 31, 2025
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Far-right groups have taken over school boards. Here's how to take them back
Here's how you can fight back against the far-right groups that have infiltrated school boards.
August 19, 2025
Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member: 'pay attention' to your local government
Zach Young tells The Advocate about the "horror stories" overtaking U.S. school boards and how he'll use his position to fight back against anti-LGBTQ+ hate.
June 26, 2024
Illinois Village Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Filed by Gay Man
He was subjected to episodes of violence and called derogatory slurs, the lawsuit alleged.
June 23, 2023
Over 100 Mayors Unite Against LGBT Discrimination Days Before Inauguration
These mayors are uniting to pass LGBT protections in their local governments.
January 18, 2017
Anti-LGBTQ+ groups in Florida urge legislators to extend preferred pronoun ban to city, county governments
Could Florida enforce a 'don't say they' rule for local governments?
January 13, 2025
WHO: Remove Surgical Requirements for Legal Gender Change
The World Health Organization released a detailed report urging national and local governing bodies to remove surgical requirements for legal gender recognition.
June 3, 2014
Gay Missouri Candidate's Campaign Sign Defaced with Antigay Slur
Justice Horn, a gay Democratic candidate for local government in Kansas City, Mo., discovered a large campaign sign with the word "fag" scrawled on it.
July 5, 2022
LGBTQ+ People Flee Poland as Homophobic President Is Sworn In
Following years of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric from federal and local governments, a significant number of queer people are fleeing to more liberal countries.
August 6, 2020
Texas Governor Has Signed the 'Save Chick-fil-A Bill' Into Law
The legislation prevents state and local governments from "punishing" businesses because of their donations to faith-based groups, including anti-LGBTQ ones.
June 11, 2019
New Anti-LGBT Law Now An Election Issue in N.C.'s Governor's Race
This fall, voters will choose between a Republican incumbent who stopped local governments from protecting its citizens and a Democrat Attorney General who calls that law an "embarassment."
March 29, 2016
Arkansas Passes Ban on Discrimination Bans
The new law will prevent local governments from enacting or enforcing LGBT-inclusive antidiscrimination measures. Legislators also advanced a 'license to discriminate' bill regarding business operators.
February 14, 2015
Michigan DP benefits ruling causes alarm
A Michigan appeals court ruling that bans public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance to partners of gay employees has alarmed gay rights advocates nationwide.
February 8, 2007
Michigan court denies benefits for partners of gay public employees
A voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage prohibits Michigan public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance to the partners of gay employees, an appeals court ruled Friday.
February 2, 2007
Florida GOP Lawmaker Proposes ‘Don’t Display Gay’ Bill to Ban Pride Flag From Government Properties
A similar bill proposed by the same sponsor failed last year.
December 23, 2023
Mich. Advances Antigay 'Death Star' Bill
Michigan lawmakers are moving full-steam ahead on a bill that would eliminate local nondiscrimination protections statewide, which opponents have labeled the 'Death Star' bill.
May 15, 2015
Pat McCrory Says Good News Is 'HRC Lost the Battle'
The former governor of North Carolina appears to be happy that the largest LGBT rights group in the country was not able to get a full repeal of HB 2.
April 3, 2017
Your City Enacted LGBTQ Protections! Oop, Your State Just Killed Them
States are increasingly "preempting" the laws of cities and towns that seek to protect low-income workers, immigrants, and LGBTQ people.
September 25, 2019
Op-ed: Without Addressing Global Homophobia, We'll Never Defeat AIDS
As the world congregates for the International AIDS conference, Steven Chapman of the global health organization PSI tells us why efforts against the disease will be fruitless if we keep ignoring one big problem.
July 25, 2012
Tennessee Advances 'License to Discriminate' Bill
The House-approved bill, now going to the Senate, would mean the state and cities couldn't require companies they do business with to have nondiscrimination policies.
March 22, 2019