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Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
"Fueled by the fearless spirit of our queer and trans pioneers who lived their truth well before the Stonewall riots, our champions against heartless AIDS bigotry, and our courageous grassroots leaders, we are fearless in the face of this new wave of hatred," writes Kevin Jennings and Jenny Pizer of Lambda Legal.
A new poll shows a majority of Hoosiers are in favor of legal protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
In a decision described by one legal expert as "game-changing," the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that existing federal law protects transgender individuals from sex discrimination on the basis of their gender identity.
Soak in the sun, culture, and LGBTQ+ celebrations at the Sheraton Puerto Rico & Casino.
Ron Brown has a history of opposing legal protections for LGBT people and working with homophobic institutions.
Legal protections are better in the region than in Africa or Asia, but the lived reality is frightening -- and international advocates are looking away.
In order to protect trans rights, Lambda Legal’s CEO, Kevin Jennings, says it needs people who are harmed to step forward to sue.
A trans woman leading Nepal's premier LGBTQ+ organization voices concern over the slow backslide in trans rights despite historic victories for gender identity recognition and legal protection.
In the midst of an ugly battle, something beautiful is happening in Florida. Despite a too-close-to call battle over Amendment 2 -- which would go further than California's Prop. 8 by stripping away all legal protections for unmarried couples, gay or straight -- LGBTs are organizing in hanging-chad, butterfly-ballot, nail-biter, presidential-election-decider Florida.
Hundreds of peaceful protesters marched through the streets of Windhoek demanding the government protect LGBT rights.
At an informal,
unlicensed bar at a house in a remote corner of Soweto,
South Africa, men and women sip lukewarm beer, mingle,
flirt, and sometimes dance to driving and monotonous
Kwaito rhythms. The bar is one of the places where
young black gays don't have to hide who they are,
where they can talk openly and find companionship and a safe
haven in an often hostile township.
In a vote of 38-14, the Georgia Senate has approved the so-called Pastor Protection Act, which legally protects individuals and faith-based organizations that oppose marriage equality.
"Protected and Served? 2022," from Lambda Legal in partnership with Black and Pink National, details "widespread harm," the organizations say.
Lawmakers in the Czech parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to grant some legal rights and protections to gay and lesbian couples.
