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Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections

Trans patients say that preventing them from receiving care that cisgender patients can still receive violates the state’s public accommodation law.

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News

Lesbian federal worker pleads for answers about wife trapped in immigration detention limbo

Grazi Chiosque and Xiomara Suarez are stuck between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Politics

How this Minnesota city redefined LGBTQ+ rights 50 years ago

On December 30, 1975, Minneapolis became the first city to adopt this trans-inclusive policy.

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Politics

Texas city cancels 2026 Pride after local council rescinds LGBTQ+ protections

Arlington Pride has suspended its 2026 events after the City Council revoked antidiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people.

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Law

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.

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World

Budapest mayor could face charges for hosting LGBTQ+ Pride march

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has been sent a proposal for indictment over the city's Pride march in June.

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Texas

Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth

Ken Paxton is expanding two lawsuits against doctors in Texas after being forced to drop a third.

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Politics

Nancy Mace investigated for bad behavior at airport, blames transgender people

Nancy Mace claims her outburst at an airport was somehow justified due to her fear of retaliation for her anti-transgender views.

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News

Appeals court mulls upholding ruling that struck down Pentagon’s HIV enlistment ban

Lambda Legal asked a three-judge panel in Virginia to allow people with an HIV diagnosis to serve in the U.S. military.
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Law

Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care

Florida has accused WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics of somehow violating the RICO Act.

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Politics

Texas city votes to overturn LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination protections

Arlington, Texas has removed “gender identity and expression” and “sexual orientation” from its antidiscrimination protections.

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News

D.C. appeals court keeps Trump’s transgender military ban in place despite one judge’s blistering dissent

The ban “brands all transgender people, without regard to individual merit, as unworthy to serve in our armed forces solely because they are transgender,” Judge Cornelia Pillard wrote.

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Health

Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap

Incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.

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Health

Can West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide

The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court after it ruled in the summer that states could ban gender-affirming care for minors.

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Sports

World Cup LGBTQ+ Pride Match will feature two countries where being gay is illegal

The first-ever World Cup Pride Match will be between two countries where same-sex sexual relations are criminalized.

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Politics

Three lesbian attorneys general beating back Trumpism in court warn of marriage equality’s peril

"The only thing a bully like Donald Trump and his administration understands is fighting back with everything that you have,” AG Dana Nessel said.

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News

Georgia law banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates struck down

Georgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says.

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News

Lesbian educator wins $700K after she was allegedly called a ‘witch’ in an ‘LGBTQ coven’

Rose Tagnesi said she was harassed for her opposition to the conservative school board’s “anti-LGBTQ agenda."
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World

Women's Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court ruling

CEO Melissa Green said that "this is not something we would do unless we felt that we had no other choice."

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Politics

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

Here's everything Zohran Mamdani wants to do for LGBTQ+ people in NYC.