Florida Traffic Sign Hacked to Display 'Kill All Gays'
The incident occurred on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.
May 19, 2023
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Arkansas Seeks to Criminalize Trans People's Restroom Use
Under a bill advancing in the state, they could be charged with misdemeanor sexual indecency with a child in certain circumstances.
March 7, 2023
Wa. YMCA Turns Its Back on Trans Members
A transgender-inclusive bathroom and locker room policy has been abandoned out of fears that have no basis in reality.
October 8, 2015
Japan’s Supreme Court Issues Landmark Trans Rights Ruling
The ruling had far-reaching implications in a country that is still hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, including marriage equality.
July 12, 2023
Rep. Sarah McBride denounces Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks on transgender people
The first trans member of Congress is speaking out against the president’s attempt to erase Americans.
February 4, 2025
Florida School District Bans Trans Employees From Using Their Pronouns
The version of Ron DeSantis’s “anti-woke” Florida seems to include restrictions on some people’s speech.
August 8, 2023
Donald Trump unleashes torrent of transphobic ads in last leg of 2024 election
Donald Trump is using fear of transgender people to try to win the election.
October 15, 2024
States with anti-LGBTQ+ laws 'stand to lose economically' as mental health declines: report
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are short-sighted, as even if lawmakers do not care about how they affect people's well-being, they are also likely to impact the economy in the years to come.
February 3, 2025
Proposed AZ Law Adds More Bias Toward Trans People
Toni D'orsay, a powerful trans activist in the state of Arizona, spoke out on how the law would impact trans individuals, specifically.
February 25, 2014
Mother of Trans Teen Targeted by Right-Wingers Speaks Out
When the antigay Pacific Justice Institute claimed a transgender teenager was harassing cisgender students in the school bathroom, LGBT activists went to work uncovering the truth -- which has now been confirmed by the teen's lesbian mother.
October 21, 2013
As Anti-Trans Bills Advance, Kansas Governor Implies Veto Likely
"We don't want to go down that road," Democrat Laura Kelly says as an anti-trans bill awaits her action and similar measures advance in other states.
April 20, 2021
Texas Seeks Right to Discriminate Against Trans People
Anti-LGBTQ+ Attorney General Ken Paxton says the Biden administration's guidance on equal treatment of trans workers is a "radical attempt at social change."
September 23, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to higher rates of suicidal ideation in queer students: report
Attending schools with anti-LGBTQ+ policies is associated with "poorer mental health and higher suicide risk" among LGBTQ+ youth.
August 21, 2024
Eight LGBT Leaders Sound Off on Trans Issues
Eight leaders in LGBT advocacy give their thoughts on what 2013 meant for transgender rights, and what 2014 might bring.
December 26, 2013
Trans Woman Releases Bathroom-Finder App Refuge Restrooms
Meet transgender woman and coder Teagan Widmer, whose latest app, Refuge Restrooms, highlights the importance of providing safe public accommodations for trans people.
February 7, 2014
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives
The announcement was tucked away in the Congressional Record.
January 7, 2025
How bathroom bans on federal property would impact trans Americans
A proposed bill in Congress would ban trans people from bathrooms in museums, national parks and other federal property. How would it be enforced, and what are the consequences?
November 27, 2024
Local Virginia School Board Rejects Bathroom Rights for Trans Students
A county school board in Virginia passed a policy restricting trans students to using single-stall restrooms or those for their birth gender.
December 10, 2014
N.C. School Board Member: Pepper Spray Trans Students
Chuck Hughes remarked that if HB 2 is struck down, pepper spray would be a “pretty valuable tool to have on the female students if they go to the bathroom.”
May 11, 2016
N.D. Bill Targets Nonexistent Trend of Students Identifying as Animals
Six Republican representatives have introduced the bill as an "emergency measure."
January 31, 2023
A trans girl was assaulted at a Minnesota high school. Her family is demanding justice (exclusive)
The mother of a transgender girl who was viciously attacked at Hopkins High School in Minnesota tells The Advocate about the response from both the school and local community.
June 7, 2024