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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Gay New Hampshire congressman's challenger has anti-LGBTQ+ history
Russell Prescott, the Republican running against Democrat Chris Pappas, long opposed marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights in general, but his supporters say he's evolved.
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Trans, nonbinary youth face inequities in foster care, justice system, homeless services
The new "Safe Havens II" report urges action to support these young people.
AUGUST 12, 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
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
Biden Administration Looks to Protect LGBTQ+ Foster Kids With New Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services' proposed rule is in keeping with the Biden administration's promise to support LGBTQ+ youth.
SEPTEMBER 28, 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
Texas sues Biden admin over requirement for LGBTQ-affirming foster care placements
The suit comes from notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
SEPTEMBER 26, 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
Biden admin moves to protect LGBTQ+ kids in foster care
A new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services requires that these children be placed in supportive homes.
APRIL 30, 2024
GOP Senator Introduces Bill That Throws LGBTQ+ Foster Children Under the Bus
The new bill takes aim at recent changes to HHS policy on adoption, ensuring LGBTQ+ foster children are placed in supportive homes.
DECEMBER 10, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs 9 Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills Into Law
The bills deal with issues such as foster care, name and pronoun recognition, and restroom access.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Nancy Mace gets prominent foster care activist arrested on assault charges that eyewitnesses dispute
James McIntyre merely shook her hand at an event and asked her to consider trans kids before she got him arrested, witnesses said.
DECEMBER 12, 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
Breaking stereotypes and building futures as a Black gay dad
Growing up in Pennsylvania, Calvin Dyson faced the struggles of being raised by a single mother after losing my father. Now, as an adoptive father, he strives to provide a loving home for his children and advocate for others in the system.
AUGUST 23, 2024
This gay couple is encouraging other LGBTQ+ people to become foster parents
“All the kids who come into our house have left an impact on us," say Travis and Michael VanZant, who have fostered 20 children thanks to an agency in Tennessee.
JUNE 25, 2024
Nonbinary 17-year-old killed two years after being reported missing
River Nevaeh Goddard was reported missing in April 2022, when they were 15 years old.
APRIL 22, 2024
A new bill would enhance LGBTQ+ youth mental health services
The Pride in Mental Health Act, introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Laphonza Butler and Tina Smith, comes at a time of crisis for LGBTQ+ young people..
MARCH 15, 2024
Queer Families, Foster Youth Celebrated at Extraordinary Families Gala
The foster/adoption agency celebrated its 30th anniversary with an event hosted by Carson Kressley that honored out TV legend Paris Barclay and featured a surprise appearance by Pedro Pascal.
OCTOBER 19, 2023