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Barack Obama Publicly Supported Same Sex Marriage

Barack Obama made history by publicly supporting same-sex marriages 12 years ago today

In the years since, the LGBTQ+ community has seen tremendous strides in the push toward equality, but much work remains to protect the rights of marginalized people.

New York City LGBTQIA pride parade Heritage of Pride March June 2025

These 19 states won't ban marriage equality if Obergefell is overturned

Here are the 19 states where same-sex couples could still get married if Obergefell is overturned.

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7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports

Here's what went down at the Supreme Court as the justices decide on two anti-trans state sports laws.

Becky Pepper-Jackson and Heather Jackson

The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

Lindsay Hecox tried out for track and field at Boise State University and didn’t make it. A bill banned her from the team, anyway.

Abortion rights protest

Florida and Texas launch 'legal attack' in push to restrict abortion medication nationally

Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit seeking to nationally restrict the abortion medication mifepristone.

Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits for an official portrait of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington DC

Samuel Alito 'not suggesting' marriage equality should be overturned

Samuel Alito said that he doesn't intend to "disturb" marriage equality — but is he trustworthy?

United States Supreme Court Building morning light Washington DC

Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Colorado’s ban on harmful ‘conversion therapy’

“We were told by pastors and Focus on the Family that we had to fix him. Instead, we taught him to hate himself. And when a child is dead, you don’t ever get to repair that,” Linda Robertson said of her late son.

US Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends Pam Bondi swearing in Oval Office White House

Clarence Thomas says past SCOTUS rulings, like marriage equality, aren't 'the gospel' and can be overturned

Clarence Thomas has said that he would not follow court precedent “if I find it doesn’t make any sense."