Religion focuses on suffering this week. Our community knows it, survived it, and will overcome it again
Opinion: Our suffering has taught us things the powerful will never understand, writes John Casey.
April 17, 2025
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ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing
The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
April 16, 2025
Right-wing extremists threaten LGBTQ-affirming religious communities: report
A new GLAAD report sheds light on the alarming trend.
April 15, 2025
I asked God for acceptance, but these queer deities answered
Opinion: As spring celebrations unfold, discover how ancient deities can inspire acceptance, resilience, and a profound connection.
April 7, 2025
The LGBTQ+ Supreme Court cases to watch this term
Gender-affirming care, anti-straight discrimination, PrEP, and LGBTQ+ books are all on the docket.
April 1, 2025
Mississippi restaurant gives out straight-couples-only offer and is roundly lambasted for it
"We don't do the trans or the lesbians or gays," an owner of Darwell's Happiness Cafe said.
March 28, 2025
Luke Macfarlane opens up about the importance of faith and kindness in a dark time
"It doesn't hurt you to be kind," says the star of Home Is Where the Heart Is.
March 20, 2025
Catholic Church appears to soften — a bit — on opposition to gender-affirming care
A high-ranking Vatican official allows that there are "exceptional situations."
March 6, 2025
Most religious Americans support nondiscrimination laws protecting LGBTQ+ people: survey
Regardless of faith, the vast majority of U.S. adults support LGBTQ+ protections.
March 4, 2025
Faith as a beacon of Black resistance and LGBTQ+ liberation
From the church pews to the streets of protest, faith has been our sanctuary and source of strength.
February 28, 2025
DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.
February 26, 2025
LGBTQ+ non-U.S. citizens at risk under Trump’s immigration crackdown: study
About 3 percent of immigrants living in the country identify as LGBTQ+.
February 5, 2025
Bishop Budde is unapologetic about confronting Trump over his treatment of LGBTQ+ people and immigrants
“It wasn’t like I was talking about people I don’t know,” Budde told The Advocate.
January 28, 2025
Bishop who confronted Trump led ceremony honoring Matthew Shepard
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and out Bishop V. Gene Robinson presided over a Washington National Cathedral ceremony honoring the hate-crime victim and the interment of his ashes there in 2018.
January 24, 2025
Watch Bishop Budde tell Rachel Maddow she’s received ‘death wishes’ over Trump ‘mercy’ sermon
The Episcopal Bishop of Washington discussed her historic sermon that the president called “nasty.”
January 23, 2025
Livid Donald Trump demands apology over bishop's 'nasty' National Prayer Service sermon
He called Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon “nasty in tone," said she wasn’t good at her job, and claimed that “she and her church owe the public an apology.”
January 22, 2025
Watch a bishop scold Donald Trump about attacks on LGBTQ+ and immigrants during inaugural prayer service
“There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde told the president.
January 21, 2025
The anti-LGBTQ+ clergy who'll be praying at Donald Trump's inauguration
The lineup includes homophobes and transphobes from a variety of religions.
January 17, 2025
New D.C. Catholic archbishop is pro-LGBTQ+ and anti-Trump
Robert McElroy has made many statements supporting LGBTQ+ people and criticizing Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
January 6, 2025
Pete Buttigieg remembers warmth and kindness of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
The Carters were "extraordinarily gracious and kind" to the Buttigieg and his husband, the Transportation secretary writes on Instagram.
December 30, 2024
President Jimmy Carter dead at 100 — here's his history as an LGBTQ+ ally
President Jimmy Carter's advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights became stronger as the years went on.
December 29, 2024