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As states move to exclude trans people from using certain public spaces, courtroom accessibility is key to ensuring that jury pools reflect the makeup of the country, experts say.
This equality advocate is furious with Republican obstruction over the Supreme Court justice nominee — and he's proposing a novel idea to deal with it.
LGBT people and organizations from all over the country are urging the Senate to look past the partisan divide and give judge Merrick Garland a 'fair hearing.'
The conservative justice also reminded students at Georgetown Law Center that the current court gets no say in who will be their newest colleague. Â
The head of One Colorado is begging his state's senators to challenge this ideologue.
Antigay pastor Fred Phelps apparently doesn't enjoy a home-state advantage in his desire to use the picketing of military funerals as a way of condemning homosexuality--Kansas is about to pass a law restricting what many consider an abuse of freedom of speech.
Ted Cruz, Evan Wolfson, and more weigh in, with some snark coming from Glenn Greenwald.
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Obama eulogizes the conservative justice but makes clear he will nominate a successor, no matter what Republicans say.
Kavanaugh is a conservative who has pledged to interpret law as written. His record shows reason for concern.
A same-sex marriage ban prevents governments and universities in Michigan from providing health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state supreme court ruled Wednesday. The 5-2 decision affects up to 20 universities, community colleges, school districts, and governments in Michigan with policies covering at least 375 gay couples. Gay rights advocates said the ruling was devastating but were confident that public-sector employers have successfully rewritten or will revise their benefit plans so same-sex partners can keep getting health care.
The Kentucky senator says he is a 'different kind of Republican' -- but his past statements on LGBT equality indicate more of the same.
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman said that the defendant acted out of "colossal insensitivity."
The Latter-Day Saints still don't care about LGBTQ people, they're just trying to reverse their dwindling membership, writes Craig Mangum.Â
The group has hired a prominent law firm to investigate whether its leader's involvement in Cuomo's response to sexual harassment accusations was appropriate.
There probably isn't enough time to consider it, says its sponsor, Sen. Kelli Stargel. Meanwhile, Arizona's governor vetoes an anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
It's the first known nation to take such an action.
Democrats say the case for delay is even stronger now that the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has come forward.
