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Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans

Sarah McBride successfully lobbied a handful of Republicans to vote against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.

Transgender rights protest

House passes bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth

A bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth has passed the U.S. House with the help of four Democrats.

Food drive volunteers

How SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans could be saved during the shutdown

Trump's USDA has refused to release contingency funds for SNAP benefits, and Congress remains gridlocked.

close up shallow focus judge striking gavel and South Carolina State Representative RJ May

Not a drag queen: GOP lawmaker in SC pleads guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos

Republican Robert John "RJ" May III, 38, used the screen name "joebidennnn69" to exchange child sexual abuse material.

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends Pam Bondi swearing in Oval Office White House

Clarence Thomas says past SCOTUS rulings, like marriage equality, aren't 'the gospel' and can be overturned

Clarence Thomas has said that he would not follow court precedent “if I find it doesn’t make any sense."

Oregon state Rep Cyrus Javadi alongside digital illustration of democratic party donky symbol in white against blue background

Oregon state rep flips from Republican to Democrat, citing gay son

Cyrus Javadi has left the Republican Party, saying it's full of "leaders who’d rather go viral than go fix the roads."

Catelin Drey

Who is Catelin Drey? This Democrat just broke the Republican supermajority in Iowa

Democrat Catelin Drey beat out Republican candidate Christopher Prosch in Iowa's special election.

Julie Johnson Texas Rep

Texas is gerrymandering the only LGBTQ+ member of Congress from the South out of her seat

New congressional districts in Texas will split Democrat Julie Johnson's district into eight parts.

Utah Senator Mike Lee

Republican Sen. Mike Lee's pornography ban is moving forward in the Senate

Utah Senator Mike Lee's bill that would ban all pornography federally is advancing within the Senate.

Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu speaks to reporters after a press conference

Texas Democrats fleeing the state also stopped anti-abortion and anti-trans bills

Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from redrawing the state’s congressional maps, but they stopped other bills, too.

Jaymes Black of Trevor Project speaks at a podium surrounded by a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers calling for the LGBTQ 988 lifeline to be reinstated

Why a bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding Trump save the LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline

One lawmaker called the administration's explanation for cutting the service “insufficient and dangerous.”

LGBTQIA person calculating grocery bill in their kitchen

How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people

About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.

Brussels Belgium protest sign showing Russian President Vladimir Putin in drag makeup against a rainbow another says gay rights human rights during protest against the detention of gay men in concentration camps in Chechnya

Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights

The Global Respect Act would allow sanctions against those who commit human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people.

Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson blames 'coward' Republicans for loss, not 'Black Nazi' trans porn scandal

Mark Robinson is mad Republicans wouldn't "stand up and fight for him" after he admitted to being a "black NAZI."

Rally to Resist outside the Des Moines Iowa State Capitol in support of LGBTQ rights 2023

Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults

The law prevents Medicaid from paying for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for trans people, but not for cis people.

Chicago Illinois USA Federal Plaza 50501 anti facist protest supporting transgender rights March 2025

Nearly half of Americans don’t want politicians focusing on trans issues: survey

A new survey shows that 49 percent of Americans think politicians should not be focusing on transgender issues at all.