What states are the best for LGBTQ+ people? These are the top 15
Based on laws surrounding marriage, family rights, health care, and education, here are the 15 best states for LGBTQ+ people.
MARCH 4, 2025
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Georgia couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexual abuse of adopted kids
William and Zachary Zulock were arrested in 2022 and pleaded guilty this year.
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Putin bans adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries permitting gender-affirming care
A second new law bans "childfree propaganda" with 5 million ruble fines (the equivalent of $48,000).
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Thailand will be the first Southeast Asian country with marriage equality
The bill grants LGBTQ+ couples the same legal rights and recognition as heterosexual couples, including inheritance, adoption, and health care decision-making.
JUNE 18, 2024
Tennessee bill permitting anti-LGBTQ+ foster and adoptee parents passes House
Critics contend LGBTQ+ children could be placed in homes hostile to their sexual and gender identity.
APRIL 2, 2024
Forever Mine: Why LGBTQ+ Parents Should Consider Adopting Their Own Children
This National Adoption Month, an attorney for Family Equality highlights a different type of adoption: stepparent, second parent, and confirmatory adoption for LGBTQ+ parents.
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
15 Photos of What Gay Fatherhood Looks Like
Dads is a journey into queer fatherhood in the U.S. More than 40 families are portrayed by Belgian photographer Bart Heynen.
JUNE 18, 2023
What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
MARCH 4, 2025
LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in
Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
A trans woman and her mother open up about acceptance and learning with love in new Trevor Project video
The episode is the latest installment in Trevor's Learn With Love docuseries.
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Laura Loomer spews homophobic rant and says Pete and Chasten Buttigieg ‘psychologically abuse’ their kids
Her anti-LGBTQ+ rant was responding to Pete Buttigieg’s mocking Donald Trump for declaring himself the “father of IVF.”
OCTOBER 17, 2024
LGBTQ+ people want to foster or adopt kids, but fear of discrimination stops them (exclusive)
That's among the findings just released from a study by Gallup and the children's charity Kidsave.
JANUARY 24, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson Once Tried to Stop a Queer Woman From Adopting Her Wife's Child
Johnson worked on several cases opposing LGBTQ+ rights while he was a private attorney.
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Chasten Buttigieg Powerfully Responds to Mike Pence’s Homophobia
The husband, father, educator, and author took to his keyboard and clapped back at the former Republican vice president for using the Buttigieg family as a punchline.
MARCH 14, 2023
Protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ families in the second Trump presidency
Navigating in a Trump world, family formation attorney Janene Oleaga discusses the challenges and strategies for protecting reproductive rights for LGBTQ+ families
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Russian police raid clubs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ 'propaganda,' make arrests
About a dozen people were arrested and convicted of "petty hooliganism."
DECEMBER 6, 2024
10 batsh*t things you should know about Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz
Gaetz's long history of sex crime allegations and misusing taxpayer funds put him right in line with Trump.
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
18% of LGBTQ+ adults are parents — and they're raising over 5 million children
The "traditional" American family isn't so traditional after all.
JULY 17, 2024
Watch Pete Buttigieg fight back happy tears discussing life with husband Chasten and twins
The U.S. Transportation secretary got choked up talking about his relationship with his husband as well as what it's like being a dad.
JUNE 17, 2024
Greece to legalize same-sex marriage after opposition agrees to support it
Greece is slated to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption, but surrogacy will remain restricted.
JANUARY 12, 2024