Trump administration kills $18.5 million in funding for diversity, LGBTQ+ support
That includes funding for a global anti-hate summit and programs providing affirming therapy for queer youth.
JULY 18, 2025
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That includes funding for a global anti-hate summit and programs providing affirming therapy for queer youth.
Five students, one from each New York City borough, were awarded scholarships during the Yankees' annual Legacy of Pride Night.
Opinion: "LGBTQ+ young people, you deserve the world," writes the Coalition for LGBTQ+ Youth.
The new law also redefines sex, threatens doctors with the loss of their medical licenses, and allows minors to sue in court.
Opinion: In just three months, LGBTQ+ equality has crumbled as Pride flags fall, protections vanish, and queer survival is once again a daily fight, writes John Casey.
The university canceled a graduation ceremony for LGBTQ+ students and reached a reported seven-figure settlement with an anti-transgender former professor.
The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.
The lawsuit comes after California officials said they would not comply with the administration's demands.
"God puts his people where he needs them," Jonathan Skrmetti said during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services falsely claims such care is not evidence-based.
“While we strongly disagree with the many actions taken by the Trump Administration targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, we believe that suicide prevention should be a nonpartisan issue," the Democratic senators wrote.
A new post on the White House website calls this care "chemical and surgical mutilation" and "immoral, unjust, and disproven practices." None of that is true.
Most research on economic factors has focused on adults, but the new report shows how they affect young people.
Join Your Lovable Trans Auntie in honoring a trans youth's memory and standing up for all trans and queer youths. Protect the dolls, forever and always.
It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.
Opinion: On Pride Night at Yankee Stadium, I stepped onto the field as a gay man and finally felt like I’d made it to the big leagues, writes John Casey.
"We are failing our most vulnerable children on this issue," Davids said.
The new documentary makes clear, Crystal's mother says, that "people are not debatable.".
Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.
Opinion: Trump voters’ enabling will not be forgotten. And history, not to mention the families of the kids they helped harm, will judge them accordingly, writes John Casey.
"I feel so deeply connected to this work that I’m stepping into," says Chase Glenn, the new executive director of the GenderCool Project.