Transgender teen can't legally change name until age 21, Mississippi Supreme Court rules
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that a 16-year-old trans boy cannot legally change his name even with the support of both his parents.
April 18, 2025
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Supreme Court Lets Mississippi Anti-LGBT Law Stand
The court won't hear challenges to Mississippi's "license to discriminate" law, but advocates expect to bring new ones.
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January 8, 2018
Mississippi's 'Turn Away the Gays' Law May Head to Supreme Court
The state's "religious freedom" legislation will go into effect Friday -- unless the high court steps in.
October 3, 2017
Mississippi Forced This Couple to Stay Married
State Supreme Court judges in Mississippi are still not sure about marriage equality, but they finally allowed a lesbian couple to divorce.
November 6, 2015
Southern Judges Continue Defying Marriage Equality
When judges are elected instead of appointed, justice is often ceded to politics.
December 9, 2015
God vs. the Constitution
After the highest court declared the constitutional right of same-sex couples to be married, some dogmatic judges opted for another authority, one outside the law.
July 1, 2016
Texas Abortion Ban Creator Takes Aim at Marriage Equality in New Brief
In a brief to the Supreme Court, Jonathan Mitchell argues that the rulings for marriage equality and against sodomy bans were "lawless."
September 20, 2021
Montana Republican's bill would charge parents of trans kids with child abuse
Montana courts overruled a trans health care ban in 2023, but it’s making a comeback.
January 25, 2025
Equality Riders jailed in Texas
Two weeks into Equality Ride 2--wherein 50 young gay and straight activists are touring the country in two buses with a mission to initiate dialogue at 32 Christian colleges that have policies silencing or excluding LGBT students--participants have been jailed in Texas and threatened with citations in Mississippi.
March 22, 2007
The High Cost of Not Being Open to All
The Cakeshop case could set a precedent for legalized discrimination. That would be a very expensive mistake by the Supreme Court.
December 5, 2017
Colorado Governor Signs Bills to Protect Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care Rights
Out Gov. Jared Polis signed the bills as 15 states block gender-affirming care for transgender people.
April 17, 2023
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Pregnant Woman Seeking Abortion Who Had to Flee the State for One
Texas as a near ban on abortion, except for medical emergencies. Kate Cox sought an abortion after being informed her fetus had a fatal condition, which could also affect her.
December 11, 2023
Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Southwest Attorneys Attend Training by Anti-LGBTQ+ Group
The Alliance Defending Freedom has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
August 10, 2023
How 11 Competitive AG Races Could Shape LGBTQ+, Abortion Rights
Republican attorneys general have been at the forefront of legal battles with President Joe Biden's administration.
October 31, 2022
Democrats Hope Charlie Crist Can Best Anti-LGBTQ+ Gov. Ron DeSantis
(CNN)Â National Democrats are looking for Charlie Crist to slow GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed Florida's "don't say gay" law in March.
August 24, 2022
Is Marriage Equality the Conservative Target After Abortion Rights?
The assault on reproductive freedom, including the restrictive Mississippi law that recently went before the Supreme Court, could set up attacks on LGBTQ+ rights.Â
February 16, 2022
Marriage equality will be banned in these 31 states if Obergefell is overturned
Over 60 percent of the country will no longer have marriage equality if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses it.
September 8, 2025
WATCH: Latest Marriage Wins Aren't as Simple as They Seem
Last week saw two victories in Southern states, but there may be bumps in the road before the cases get much further.
December 1, 2014
SCOTUS Underlines Connection of Abortion Rights, LGBTQ+ Equality
One justice worried that undermining abortion rights threatens marriage equality, while another argued that landmark LGBTQ+ rights decisions provide a basis for overturning Roe v. Wade.
December 3, 2021
WATCH: Maddow Smacks Down States Resisting Marriage
Rachel Maddow breaks down the state of equality for the leaders and county clerks in southern states still resisting the inevitable.
July 2, 2015
Why This DOMA-Busting Lawyer Is Taking on Mississippi
Roberta Kaplan took down the Defense of Marriage Act. Now she's turned her attention to one of the most antigay states in the nation.
November 10, 2014