Sally Ride told her partner it was OK to come out 10 days before her death
“We had a wonderful relationship from the time we were kids until we became lovers,” Tam O'Shaughnessy said.
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Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million
Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
June 13 2025 12:19 PM
Southern Baptists seek to ban porn, women pastors, and marriage equality
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.
June 09 2025 4:12 PM
Trans athlete singled out by Trump wins gold anyway: 'I’m not scared of them'
Trump threatened to to withhold federal funding from California unless the state banned a 16-year-old trans girl from competing.
June 05 2025 2:54 PM
ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her
Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
June 04 2025 5:04 PM
Why LGBTQ+ groups aren't fazed by Trump's 'Title IX Month' attention grab
"Pride is a protest, and it's happening whether the most-anti LGBTQ+ administration in history acknowledges it or not," an HRC spokesperson told The Advocate.
June 04 2025 11:17 AM
Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics
World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.
June 02 2025 2:22 PM
LGBTQ+ adults agree — Americans don't accept transgender people
Most LGBTQ+ adults believe that there is currently not much to no acceptance at all for trans people, a new survey reports.
May 30 2025 11:53 AM
J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization
Harry Potter profits are going directly to anti-transgender legal cases.
May 28 2025 11:52 AM
Sarah McBride skewers GOP’s ‘utter shitshow’ at EMILYs List gala honoring 40 years of electing women
The transgender lawmaker said she would not participate in GOP attempts to use her for attention.
May 08 2025 10:48 AM
Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
May 06 2025 5:00 AM
Her partner of 45 years developed Alzheimer’s. She's sharing their story to 'take away fear'
Sue began showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease about ten years ago. Since then, Janice has had to balance her work with caring for the love of her life.
May 02 2025 6:05 AM
Trump's DOE orders University of Pennsylvania to erase trans athletes' records
The Department of Education has given UPenn ten days to wipe out any records set by trans people, issue a formal apology, and agree to ban trans athletes going forward.
April 29 2025 12:57 PM
Lux Pascal is 'incredibly proud' of her big brother Pedro Pascal for defending trans people
“I’m incredibly proud, but the thing is that I’ve always known that he is a superstar," the out trans model and actor said.
April 28 2025 12:04 PM
People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy
The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.
April 25 2025 10:32 AM
Wilton Women’s Week 2025 ushers in a new era of LGBTQ+ empowerment in South Florida
With celebration and community at its core, the nine-day festival is holding space for queer women and non-binary folks!
April 18 2025 9:49 AM
Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding
Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”
April 09 2025 10:45 AM
From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
April 09 2025 10:15 AM
Billie Jean King becomes first woman to receive Walk of Fame star for sports entertainment
Billie Jean King is the first woman to be honored in the Walk of Fame's new category for sports entertainment.
April 08 2025 11:25 AM
Lesbian former police officer wins $10 million in sexual harassment lawsuit
Ashley Cummins asserted she was "forced to work in a hostile work environment where she was frequently harassed and denied opportunities based on her sex/gender and sexual orientation."
April 04 2025 11:55 AM