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.
JUNE 26, 2025
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Colorado: From State-Sanctioned Hate to a Gay Governor
In this excerpt from The People's Victory: Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality, Kate Burns recounts how she helped Colorado turn a corner.
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
California Isn't Having N.C.'s State-Sanctioned Bigotry
The world's eighth-largest economy looks ready to divest itself from the Tar Heel State.
APRIL 27, 2016
Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'
Sotomayor said the ruling will invite "untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."
JUNE 18, 2025
Putin Slightly Eases Protest Ban During Olympics
Russian officials will allow protests during the Olympics, but only sanctioned demonstrations.
JANUARY 4, 2014
Orlando Is an Extension of Marriage and Bathroom Wars
At a Florida dance club, religious- and state-sanctioned hate reached its natural conclusion.
JUNE 13, 2016
WATCH: LGBT Alliance Welcomes Out Airmen
California's Travis Air Force Base is home to the military's first officially sanctioned private organization for LGBT service members.
JUNE 11, 2014
21 U.S. Reps. condemn Uganda's 'draconian' anti-LGBTQ+ law: 'State-sponsored violence'
Reps. Mark Takano and Joyce Beatty have led the effort to introduce a resolution to condemn Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act, "one of the harshest anti-LGBTQI+ laws the world has seen."
JUNE 28, 2024
U.S. Sanctions Chechen Leader Over Antigay Persecution
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has overseen "an administration involved in disappearances and extrajudicial killings," Treasury Department officials said.
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Uganda Lashes Out at U.S. Sanctions
Admonitions from Kampala follow last week's news of fresh U.S. sanctions, including the loss of millions in funding for a new health institute and visa denials.
JUNE 23, 2014
Did Antigay U.S. Hate Group Violate Sanctions Against Russia?
The Human Rights Campaign has asked the federal government to investigate the World Congress of Families to see if the antigay group violated U.S. sanctions in its work with Russian lawmakers.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Biden, Blinken, and More Condemn Uganda's Horrific Anti-Homosexuality Act
Sanctions against the nation are possible, President Joe Biden said.
MAY 30, 2023
DOJ Moves to Block 'Significant Harm' of HB 2
"H.B. 2 is not merely a solution to a non-existent problem; it is state-sanctioned discrimination," writes the Justice Department.
JULY 6, 2016
Federal Judge Rules NYC's 'Stop-and-Frisk' Unconstitutional
U.S. district judge Shira Sheindlin said the policy violates the U.S. Constitution and functions as police-sanctioned racial profiling.
AUGUST 12, 2013
American Muslims Must Address Religion's Homophobia
The fear and loathing of LGBT people has real consequences, writes this gay Muslim activist.
JUNE 16, 2016
NASA Cancels Invitation From Sanctioned Gay-Hating Putin Lackey
Homophobic NASA head Jim Bridenstine invited far-right nationalist Dmitry Rogozin to speak at both their headquarters and Rice University.
JANUARY 6, 2019
Author of Russia's 'Gay Propaganda' Law Sanctioned for Role in Ukraine Crisis
Member of Parliament Yelena Mizulina was among those sanctioned by the U.S. government today.
MARCH 17, 2014
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr wins reelection, will return to House floor after sanction
Republicans voted to bar Zephyr from speaking on the floor of the state legislature in 2023 after she said that conservatives' ban on gender-affirming care for youth would result in “blood on [their] hands.”
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Trump Likely to Nominate Anti-LGBT Tenn. Lawmaker as Army Secretary
State Sen. Mark Green is a sponsor of legislation that would sanction discrimination.
APRIL 4, 2017