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National Park Service reverses Pride ban for employees in uniform after backlash from LGBTQ+ community

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reversed an earlier policy forbidding employees from participating in uniform, which caused uproar.

The gay man leading the Earth Day Initiative offers hope for the future

The worst thing that we can collectively do to ignore climate change is to have an apathetic populace when it comes to voting, says John Oppermann.

NASA Head, Despite Anti-LGBT Record, Recognizes Pride

Jim Bridenstine joins Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a surprising Pride supporter, but there's still no recognition from the White House.

Trump Nominates Climate Change Denier, Transphobe to Head EPA

His choice, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has joined in lawsuits against the agency -- and against the federal government's guidance on treatment of transgender students.

On Earth Day, Two Youth Climate Activists Come Out

Two prominent climate activists share their coming out stories and discuss the intersections between queerness and climate change. 

For Gay Men's Health Crisis, the 'Crisis' Has Never Gone Away

GMHC continues the mission created in Larry Kramer's Manhattan apartment 37 years ago.

These 9 major companies caved to the far right and stopped DEI programs

With the news about Walmart, Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and others, it's clear that this is a trend — and it's being driven by right-wing extremists.

U.S. Facing Growing Extremism in Denying Care to Transgender People: Report

A recent report has found that transgender people’s gender-affirming care is in peril at an alarmingly high rate.

Meet the Queer Kid Pushing for a Green New Deal

Idaho's 17-year-old climate activist Liam Neupert is a future LGBTQ leader we should all listen to.

Government Textbook Under Fire After Student Raises Concerns

Talk about a civics lesson: A high school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded. They say American Government, by conservatives James Wilson and John Dilulio, presents a skewed view of topics from global warming to separation of church and state to gay rights. The publisher now says it will review the book, as will the College Board, which oversees college-level Advanced Placement courses used in high schools. Student Matthew LaClair of Kearny, N.J., recently brought his concerns to the attention of the Center for Inquiry, an Amherst, N.Y., think tank that promotes science and which has issued a scathing report about the textbook.

Who is Robby Starbuck? This is the anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist convincing companies to drop DEI

The anti-DEI movement sweeping corporations is being pushed by a man who believes that chemicals turn children LGBTQ+ and the COVID-19 vaccine caused Matthew Perry's death.

Tractor Supply caves to far-right homophobia and bigotry and drops all LGBTQ+ support

The seismic shift in attitude comes after 3 weeks of attacks by far-right extremists.

CDC Scraps Plans for LGBT Youth Summit After Election

A scheduled summit dedicated to improving the health of queer young people has disappeared from the calendar.

Al Gore, U.N. Panel Share Nobel Peace Prize

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s climate change panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for spreading awareness of man-made climate change and laying the foundations for counteracting it.

Anti-DEI laws are forcing universities to grapple with a mass exodus of LGBTQ+ professors: study

New Williams Institute study finds an alarming number of professors in higher education considering leaving their states or the profession because of Republican laws.

Alan Cumming Blasts Trump's "Persecution Against the LGBT Community"

Cumming praised CBS for making his upcoming series Instinct, which features the first gay lead character on a one-hour network TV show. 

HIV, Climate Change, and LGBTQ Equality: Parallel Causes

The world's fight is our fight.

Nonbinary, Gay, Mixed-Race, Dem Socialist Candidates Win in Bay Area

They bring new diversity to councils in South San Francisco and Redwood City.

Anti-LGBT Climate Change Denier Will Head NASA

The Senate confirmed Jim Bridenstine today in a party-line vote.