Teen targeted by homophobic school board member now running for his job
Upstate New York student Elizabeth Lewis was singled out by her school board's vice president during discussion of a GSA.
March 12, 2025
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Yankees and Stonewall Scholarship Initiative celebrate Pride by honoring LGBTQ+ student leaders
Five students, one from each New York City borough, were awarded scholarships during the Yankees' annual Legacy of Pride Night.
June 17, 2025
Diverse books left in trash at NYC school with worrying notes: 'Not approved'
Hundreds of new books — which featured stories about race, immigration, and LGBTQ+ lives — were found in the trash with sticky notes documenting their content.
March 19, 2024
New York City Issues Trans-Inclusive Student Policy
The nation's largest school district adopted new guidelines as a means to protect transgender students.
March 10, 2014
Daily Dose: The Day You Discover Why
There's a chasm when it comes to educating LGBT youth about HIV. We must bridge the gap with our truth.
May 8, 2014
Student Not Allowed to Enter Marriage Equality Speech in Contest
A fifth-grader's speech supporting same-sex marriage is inappropriate, his principal says.
June 15, 2012
LGBTQ+ Americans: History Is on Our Side
"There is a movement underway today and it is driving toward inclusion."
July 29, 2022
Three Cheers for 'Milk'
Thomas Krever, executive director of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk School, champions the impact made by the Oscar-nominated Milk.
February 12, 2009
To the Catholic Church, All I Am Is Sin
Pope Francis cannot take away the dignity of gay Catholics, Benjamin Brenkert writes.Â
December 4, 2018
NYC schools sue Trump administration for nixing almost $50M in grants over trans protections
The Department of Education killed funding over policies allowing students to use restrooms and participate in sports aligned with their gender identity.
October 17, 2025
Kamala Harris Emphasizes Diversity, Confronting Global Challenges at Historic West Point Graduation
The vice president was the first woman to give the school’s commencement address.
May 28, 2023
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tackle Republican book bans at Manhattan roundtable discussion (exclusive)
He will talk about the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to fight these threats to students’ civil rights.
May 22, 2024
Education Department Will Protect Students From Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias
Such discrimination is a form of sex discrimination, and the department will protect all students from it, says Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
June 16, 2021
An LGBT Group Is Changing the NYPD From Within
Since 1982, the Gay Officers Action League has been helping the nation's largest police force evolve.
July 18, 2018
NYC Fire Department Gets First Lesbian Battalion Chief
Michele Fitzsimmons, promoted Thursday, is also only the second woman to achieve this rank in the department.
May 22, 2020
Lambda Legal Sues Education, Justice Depts. Over Attack on Trans Youth
The Education and Justice departments must explain why they "pulled the rug out from under transgender students," says Lambda Legal's Susan Sommer.
August 23, 2017
Public Schools in N.Y. Get New Guidelines for Trans Students
Groups that have championed the cause of LGBT students say the new guidelines go a long way toward protecting vulnerable children.
July 21, 2015
How PrEP Is Being Blocked By Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy and deliberate attempts to block prevention techniques are slowing down Los Angeles’s ability to disseminate PrEP.
May 11, 2015