Researchers: Black LGBTQ+ Youth Need Spaces That Embrace Them Fully
Nearly half (49 percent) of Black trans youth said they felt unsafe at school. Fifty-eight percent reported experiencing racism, and 64 percent said they...
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Unfilled Prescriptions, Missed Checkups, Loneliness: Experts Worry About Health Consequences from States’ Anti-LGBTQ+ Moves
“The intent is to create fear and to make us not understand what our rights are so that we err on the side of...
Two LGBTQ+ Women May Soon Be Confirmed As Lifetime Judges
In three years, President Joe Biden’s nominations have helped to bring broader diversity to the federal judiciary — a body that has long been...
Trans Veterans Promised Access to Gender-Affirming Surgeries — But It Never Happened
The Transgender American Veterans Association filed a lawsuit on Thursday over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to act after years of inaction.
More States Pushing to Stop Legally Recognizing Trans People in Public Life
Proposed bills would exclude transgender and nonbinary people from updating driver’s licenses, holding public office and accessing public restrooms.
A Night They Can’t Remember, At One of the Country’s Most Popular LGBTQ+ Bars
Many maintain that The Abbey in West Hollywood is the site of the most disorienting experience of their lives.
Group of Grandparents Mobilizing to Push Back Against Moms for Liberty
Grandparents for Truth, a project of progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, is working to fight book bans, right-wing school boards and...
Boston Police Recommit to Solving Murder of Rita Hester, Whose Death Inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance
It’s been 25 years since Rista Hester, a Black trans woman, was found stabbed to death in her Boston apartment.
LGBTQ+ People Nearly Twice as Likely to be Displaced After Disasters, New Research Shows
For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau has collected national data on sexual orientation and gender identity related to disaster displacement.
House Republicans Adding Dozens of Anti-LGBTQ+ Measures to Must-Pass Bills
The volume and severity of these provisions is an unprecedented attempt by federal lawmakers to restrict the rights of LGBTQ+ people, activists say.