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San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other LGBTQ+ groups bring new lawsuit against anti-trans executive orders

It’s the latest salvo by LGBTQ+ legal advocates at Lambda Legal.

Asian Religious Leaders: GOP 'Fairness' Act Isn't Fair Enough

It's a positive step, but still one they cannot support.

Republican-Introduced LGBTQ Act a Flop With Dems, Queer Activists

Pitched as a compromise alternative to the Equality Act, the newly introduced bill includes broad religious exemptions.

Right-Wingers Horrified as Equality Act Passes House

They're still making false claims that the legislation will destroy religious freedom and women's rights.

House Passes Equality Act in Historic Victory for LGBTQ Rights

History was made today. But now the bill will face a tough challenge in the Senate. 

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Gender-affirming care improves transgender lives, according to largest survey of trans people

The 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey documents the benefits of gender-affirming health care but shows the challenges trans people continue to face.

NLGJA Announces 2012 Awards

The organization will present awards at the UNITY 2012 Convention on August 3.

Civil rights groups sue Trump over executive orders targeting DEI & transgender people

President Trump, we will see you in court again, and we will beat you again,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said.

Pete Buttigieg among cabinet members credited for role in reopening ports after dockworker strike

He thanked the parties for working together and praised the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris.

We all must hang together...

...as Benjamin Franklin once said, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Antigay priests and ministers must not be the only religious figures with a say in gay rights: It's time for pro-gay religious leaders and our secular allies to present a united front.

True Colors, Others Counter Trump's Attack on Homeless Trans People

The groups are calling on the public to raise objections to a plan to let shelters discriminate against trans clients.

An Honorable Republican: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fought for immigrants and LGBT people during her historic House career, writes Mary Ann Gomez Orta of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.

If Trump Is Booted, Pence Is an Unacceptable Replacement

Homophobe Pence is fully tainted by Trump, writes former FBI agent Susan SurfTone.

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2 More Anti-Trans Bills Advance: 'Alpha Males Must Defend Our Ladies'

Kansas and Alabama follow the lead of states like South Dakota and Mississippi.

New Anti-LGBTQ+ Coalition Calls Equality Act a Threat to Children

The Promise to America's Children has many far-right groups and activists as supporters, including Penny Young Nance (pictured) of Concerned Women for America.

Pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Ann Maguire has died at 80

Maguire cohosted a gay talk show in Boston in the 1970s and helped elect the nation's first out state legislator, Elaine Noble of Massachusetts.

Arnie Kantrowitz, Pioneering Activist and GLAAD Cofounder, Dead at 81

"Kantrowitz's activism paved the way for the growing visibility, protections, and acceptance of the LGBTQ community that we see today," said GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis.

Former students share how Tim Walz allyship to LGBTQ+ teens in the '90s changed the course of their lives

Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate has been a vocal LGBTQ+ ally.

There’s No Sugarcoating the Discrimination in Cakeshop Case

"Religious freedom" is the wrong term when referring to attempts to deny LGBT people service, writes GLAAD's Sarah Kate Ellis. Religious exemption is more like it.

Ted Cruz Lost, But Trump Is Giving the Religious Right His Cabinet

Donald Trump's grand bargain with the right wing is now coming into focus.

Activists Cheer House's Inclusive Domestic Violence Bill

The House passed the LGBT-inclusive Senate version of a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act by a bipartisan vote of 286-138.