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Virginia Republican candidate for governor addresses grads at extremely anti-LGBTQ+ schools

Both institutions explicitly disavow the LGBTQ+ community.

Federal judge indicates Equality Riders arrested at West Point may avert trial

A federal judge says he hopes charges against members of the Equality Ride, arrested in April when they entered the grounds of West Point to protest "don't ask, don't tell," can be resolved without going to trial.

Trump's Latest Legal Hire Has Extensive Anti-LGBT History

Lawyer Jay Sekulow is a longtime advocate for the religious right.

Heather Wilson's Antigay Record, Husband's Past Complicate Job at UT

The former Air Force Secretary, now being considered for president of the Univ. of Texas, El Paso, is criticized for her handling of a report accusing her husband of sexual misconduct. 

Queer youth to America: Get on the equality bus!

We join the Equality Ride in progress... Inspired by the '60s' Freedom Riders, 33 young LGBT activists on a bus are invading the nation's antigay colleges. Here riders tell their stories of inspiration, hope, and getting arrested in their quest to change America

Here Media CEO Says Chick-fil-A Is a Nuisance Unworthy of UCLA

News that the fast food chain plans to expand to the University of California, Los Angeles has the CEO of Here Media worried for his alma mater's reputation.

Why I chose to be arrested

The codirector of the Equality Ride writes about her decision to be handcuffed and booked at the ride's second stop: "I chose to walk onto campus to tell gay and lesbian students at Regent University that the God of their faith does indeed claim them, even if their church does not."

Kansas to Let Student Groups Turn Away the Gays

The measure would allow student groups to receive public funds while engaging in discrimination, so long as it's rooted in "sincerely held religious beliefs."

Dialogue without judgment

The Equality Ride's visit to "Christ-centered" Lee University in Tennessee leaves this rider inspired. What LGBTQ students on antigay campuses need more than anything, she learns, is support for where they are right now, not snap judgments about how their lives or their school must change.

Donald Trump Pledges to Appoint 'Pro-Life' Supreme Court Justices

A Trump presidency would only consider "very conservative" candidates "like Judge Scalia" for the Supreme Court.

Priest Says University Fired Him for Pro-LGBT Statement

Rev. Warren Hall lost his job at Seton Hall University, which just recruited an openly gay basketball player.

Baylor University Drops Ban on 'Homosexual Acts'

The world's largest Baptist university lifted its restriction on gay sex.

Texas A&M's drag ban blocked by federal court as judge cites free 'speech rights'

A student "Draggieland" performance will go on as scheduled March 27.

Republican lawmaker gloats after Texas university kills LGBTQ+ studies program

“I want to end all taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda in every single one of our public institutions of higher learning.”