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News

Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze

Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.

February 10, 2025

Politics

DOJ Awards Federal Grant to Antigay Group Hookers for Jesus

A 2018 manual of the Christian organization said that homosexuality is immoral.

February 11, 2020

Transgender

U.S. Appeals Court Grants Mexican Trans Woman Asylum

In a historic decision for undocumented transgender asylum-seekers and rape survivors with felony convictions, a federal appeals court has granted a Mexican trans woman asylum in the U.S.

September 4, 2015

Politics

Donald Trump's DOT will prioritize areas with higher 'marriage and birth rates'

The memo directs DOT employees to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."

February 4, 2025

News

Federal judge grants Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado pre-trial release from D.C. jail

The transgender woman had been held in solitary confinement in the men’s section of the D.C. jail.

March 13, 2024

Transgender

Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery

A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.

April 6, 2015

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Health

This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo

A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.

February 28, 2025

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Marriage Equality

Federal Judge Grants Benefits to Lesbian Widow

A same-sex marriage in Canada was upheld as valid in Illinois.

July 31, 2013

World

Federal Grants Aided Anti Marriage Equality Group

August 26, 2011

Politics

Trump, on Way Out, Continues Attacking LGBTQ+ Americans

In recent days the Trump administration has endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by groups receiving federal grants.

January 11, 2021

Marriage Equality

Ohio Marriage Ruling Stayed, Except for Plaintiffs

Federal judge Timothy Black granted a stay on his ruling striking down Ohio's marriage recognition ban, but ordered the state to issue birth certificates listing both married same-sex parents to the four plaintiff couples.

April 16, 2014

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Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.

A 2018 manual of the Christian organization said that homosexuality is immoral.

In a historic decision for undocumented transgender asylum-seekers and rape survivors with felony convictions, a federal appeals court has granted a Mexican trans woman asylum in the U.S.

The memo directs DOT employees to "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average."

The transgender woman had been held in solitary confinement in the men’s section of the D.C. jail.

A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.

A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.

A same-sex marriage in Canada was upheld as valid in Illinois.

In recent days the Trump administration has endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination by groups receiving federal grants.

Federal judge Timothy Black granted a stay on his ruling striking down Ohio's marriage recognition ban, but ordered the state to issue birth certificates listing both married same-sex parents to the four plaintiff couples.