Florida is quietly denying transgender residents updated birth certificates
This is at odds with how the agency has handled this approval process for years.
July 15, 2024
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Proposed funding deal will be deadly for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
What is perhaps most absurd about the reported deal is that it won’t actually solve any of the problems plaguing the immigration system, and will actually make things worse, writes Bridget Crawford.
January 26, 2024
Molly Kearney, Nonbinary SNL Star, Shares Literal Uplifting Message with Trans Kids
"I've been hung up on my genitals for far too long, and I'm starting to feel like a freakin' Republican lawmaker!," Kearney said.
April 16, 2023
The Tragic Confluence of Guns, Kids, Mass Shootings, and Trans Identities
In the U.S., it’s more guns over children, with the extreme right continuing to say it’s not guns that kill, it’s sick people – like LGBTQ+ people – that do.
March 28, 2023
California Republican Lawmaker Defects to Democrats
Assemblyman Brian Maienschein joins the exodus of Republicans put off by the policies of Donald Trump.
January 25, 2019
Republican Lawmaker Comes Out as Gay
Will Mike Fleck's coming out affect Pennsylvania?
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December 1, 2012
Which Antigay Republican Lawmaker Is on Grindr?
An editor at a gay website reported a Republican politician in Virginia with an anti-LGBT voting record is a Grindr user, but stopped short of revealing his name.
January 28, 2016
Republican Lawmaker Asks Lesbian Colleague if She’s a Pedophile
Video captured the entire exchange, which the lawmaker now claims was a misunderstanding.
March 23, 2023
Republican Lawmakers Vote (Again) to Allow Conversion Therapy
While opponents say the issue is about protecting LGBTQ+ youth, Wisconsin Republicans claim they are fighting a bureaucratic turf war.
March 15, 2023
Republican Lawmakers Side With Trump, Support LGBTQ Discrimination
Eight senators and 45 House members don't think the Civil Rights Act applies to you.
August 28, 2019
Florida Republican lawmaker proposes law erasing transgender identities
Beyond the discriminatory nature of the bill, LGBTQ+ advocates say the legislation threatens the ability to even document violence against the community.
January 6, 2024
Republican Lawmaker Who Claimed to Be Gay Faces Calls to Resign
Florida state Rep. Fabian Basabe represents Miami Beach.
May 2, 2023
Republican Lawmakers Blame 'Both Sides' for Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence
On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers acted shocked that months of the GOP's anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric led to acts of violence against the same community.
December 14, 2022
Dozens of Young Men Accuse Republican Lawmaker of Sexual Advances
Accusers paint a pattern of behavior from Wes Goodman, the anti-LGBT lawmaker who was caught in a sex act with a man in his office.
November 20, 2017
House Republicans are 'obsessed' with attacking LGBTQ+ people, say Democratic lawmakers
GOP lawmakers should lay off the assault on LGBTQ+ rights, the Congressional Equality Caucus says in a new report.
February 12, 2024
Florida Republican Lawmaker Admits GOP’s Hatred of LGBTQ+ People
Republican Rep. Jeff Holcomb spoke in Florida’s House, and his remarks drew gasps and disturbed looks.
May 2, 2023
North Carolina Republican Lawmakers Introduce 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
The bill would require school employees to potentially out students to their parents.
May 27, 2022
Brian Sims Responds to Republican Lawmaker Calling Him a 'Little Girl'
The gay politician is using the experience as arsenal to help flip the Republican-led House.
May 29, 2020
Massive turnout at Democratic lawmakers’ town halls as Republicans hide from voters
The GOP struggles to defend the unpopular Trump administration’s policies.
March 9, 2025