What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
March 4, 2025
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11 Republican Presidential Hopefuls and Their Awful Anti-LGBTQ+ Records
They outperform each other in their hate toward the LGBTQ+ community.
June 9, 2023
Republican Governor Signs Transgender Rights Bill
Gov. Charlie Baker signed the bill into law today, assuring that residents can use the public facilities aligned with their gender identity.
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July 8, 2016
Miami-Dade OK's Trans Protections After Hours of Emotional Debate
The ordinance extends nondiscrimination protections to trans people in housing, public accommodations, and employment.
December 4, 2014
Puerto Rico Senate Approves Sweeping Antidiscrimination Bill
The bill would ban anti-LGBT discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations and government services.
May 17, 2013
LGBT Federal Protections Backed by 78 Percent in New Poll
The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.
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July 21, 2015
Op-ed: Are You a Public Servant? Then Serve the Public
Why 'religious liberty' laws protecting public employees from accommodating LGBT people are truly problematic.
February 27, 2015
Equality Act Reintroduced in U.S. House; Vote Next Week
The bill would ban anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination nationwide in employment, housing, public accommodations, and more.
February 18, 2021
San Antonio Adds LGBT Protections to Nondiscrimination Ordinance
The nation's seventh-largest city now protects LGBT people from discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing.
September 5, 2013
To Ban Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination, Republicans Must Get on Board
The Equality Act will make bias in housing, banking, and public accommodations illegal, but we can't pass it without bipartisan support.
September 13, 2020
N.M. High Court: Photo Studio Showed Illegal Bias Against Lesbian Couple
The studio is a public accommodation and therefore broke the law by refusing to photograph the couple's commitment ceremony, the state Supreme Court rules.
August 23, 2013
U.S. House to Vote on Equality Act Next Week, Majority Leader Says
The act, which would ban anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and more, is a priority of President Joe Biden.
February 16, 2021
Transphobic Md. Lawmaker Fears 'Men in Dresses' Will Result from Nondiscrimination Bill
In an effort to defeat a popular employment, housing, and public accommodation nondiscrimination bill, opponents are resorting to frequently used, frequently debunked "bathroom panic" tactics.
March 21, 2014
LGBTQ Students Kicked Out of Iowa Capitol Over Restroom Use
Several students lobbying at the capitol were told they were using the wrong restroom, despite Iowa's LGBTQ-inclusive public accommodations law.
March 13, 2020
Massachusetts Gov. Offers Encouraging Words on Trans Rights Bill
Gov. Charlie Baker still hasn't actually endorsed the pending public accommodations legislation, but today he gave strong indications of support.
April 21, 2016
Trans Woman Releases Bathroom-Finder App Refuge Restrooms
Meet transgender woman and coder Teagan Widmer, whose latest app, Refuge Restrooms, highlights the importance of providing safe public accommodations for trans people.
February 7, 2014
BREAKING: Md. Trans Nondiscrimination Act Headed to Gov.
The bill, which would outlaw discrimination on the basis of gender identity in housing, education, and public accommodation, now goes to the governor, who has promised to sign it into law.
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March 27, 2014
Charlotte Mayor Didn't See Transphobic Backlash Coming
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts didn't think there was anything radical about the trans-inclusive public accommodations ordinance her city passed in February. Republican leaders disagreed.
May 20, 2016
Report: Discrimination, Harassment Harms Transgender Health
According to a new report, discrimination and harassment could lead to physical and mental ailments like headaches, nausea, depression, and anxiety.
July 28, 2014
Mich. City to Consider Stripping Trans Protections From Nondiscrimination Ordinance
With the uncertain status of a proposed nondiscrimination ordinance, some advocates of Saginaw, Mich.'s LGBT rights ordinance are considering removing some trans protections as a means to sway voters.
May 19, 2014
Mayors Try to Stop Mass. Voters From Voiding Trans Protections
Members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors are standing behind the state's law, which is subject to a repeal vote this fall.
June 11, 2018