Judge orders immediate release of gay Jamaican asylum seeker detained by ICE
A federal judge in Manhattan determined ICE violated Rickardo Anthony Kelly's right to due process.
August 19, 2025
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Texas woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of 'maliciously abusing their power'
Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion.
August 14, 2025
California police accused a lawmaker of DUI when she was sober. She says she was targeted because she's queer
Law enforcement has still refused to release the records from Sabrina Cervantes' DUI arrest, despite tests proving she was sober.
June 20, 2025
Louisiana LGBTQ+ activist exonerated after 3 years of unconstitutional prosecution
Matthew Humphrey has been exonerated three years after his wrongful arrest for speaking out against book bans during a local library board meeting.
February 18, 2025
NYPD Arrest of Trans Protester Likened to Kidnapping, Widely Condemned
Nikki Stone was marching against police brutality when plainclothes officers grabbed her and took her away in an unmarked van.
July 29, 2020
DeRay Mckesson Sues Police for 'Unconstitutional' Arrest
The out activist's federal class action lawsuit that demands all Baton Rouge protestors' arrest records be expunged, and their court costs reimbursed by the state.
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August 5, 2016
Police Trading Homophobic, Racist Texts Jeopardize Hundreds of Cases
About a dozen officers reportedly sent messages referencing gassing Jewish people, punching LGBTQ+ community members, and lynching Black men.
December 9, 2021
Before Stonewall: The Women's House of Detention Changed Queer History
The historian Hugh Ryan will change how you think about our history.
May 10, 2022
Op-ed: Is Nudity in the Eye of the Beholder?
An arrest in San Diego reminds us all to believe our own eyes even when -- especially when -- cops or politicians say not to.
June 27, 2014
Arsonist Behind Fire at Seattle Gay Bar Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
"I think it's wrong that we have a bunch of queers in our society," Kalvinn Garcia told police after being arrested.
May 26, 2022
Op-ed: How Queer Fashion Is Changing the World
As she preps for a queer fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum, the editor in chief of a style site for masc women and trans individuals says clothes can change society.
September 2, 2015
New Trans Voices: Hear From the Trans Poets Workshop NYC
Members of the Trans Poets Workshop NYC offer pieces from their diverse bodies of work.
July 5, 2014
Two Men Stabbed Outside D.C. Gay Bar
They had stepped out to smoke a cigarette when they suffered an unprovoked stabbing attack.
August 24, 2023
Sandra Bland's Family Reaches $1.9 Million Wrongful Death Settlement
Bland was found dead in her Texas jail cell after being arrested for failing to properly use her turn signal.
September 15, 2016
Trans woman arrested for using women's restroom in what could be a first under a Florida law
A 20-year-old resident of Illinois was taken into custody by Capital police and charged with trespassing after she tried to use a women’s restroom at the state Capitol building last month.
April 1, 2025
Mexican Police Release Gay Couple After Crowd Gathers in Support
The two men were arrested on a Mexican beach after kissing.
March 1, 2021
GOP officials say Craig is considering resigning
A senior Republican senator is considering resigning, party officials said Friday, after days of public and private pressure stemming from his arrest in June in a police undercover operation at an airport men's room.
September 1, 2007