Trans Parole Seekers in California Face Misgendering, Other Barriers
That's despite state law intended to assure respect for trans and nonbinary people in the criminal justice system, says a new Williams Institute study.
April 28, 2023
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Lesbian Visibility Day Is a Time to Defend, Uplift, and Strategize
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice says a "return to normal" should not be our goal.
April 26, 2020
New Leader Named for Nation's Largest LGBTQ+ Organization
Joe Hollendoner will soon helm an organization with over 800 employees and hundreds of millions in assets.
January 28, 2021
Russia Designates Prominent LGBTQ+ Rights Group as a Foreign Agent
The Russian LGBT Network intends to challenge the label in court.
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November 10, 2021
Anti-LGBTQ Activist Nominated to Run Office on Violence Against Women
Shannon Lee Goessling, Donald Trump's pick for the post, also lacks experience in addressing violence against women, activists say.
March 7, 2019
$20M Global Effort to Aid Trans Activists and Causes
The Arcus Foundation and NoVo Foundation announced a five-year funding project aimed at supporting trans people in the U.S. and in developing nations.
December 8, 2015
Trump Admin Supports Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families
The Department of Justice filed a brief in an upcoming Supreme Court case, urging the court to allow such discrimination if rooted in religion.
June 4, 2020
Op-ed: Fueling the Frontlines for LGBT Rights
Here's one way to help LGBT people in oppressive nations fight back.
May 16, 2014
How Conservatives Are Using ‘Feminism’ to Fight Against LGBTQ Equality
A calculated alliance based on transphobia is fueling the fight against the Equality Act.
April 2, 2019
Matt Shepard's Parents Snub AG Barr: We Won't 'Kowtow to Hypocrisy'
It's "hypocritical" for Barr to celebrate the hate-crimes law named for their son while supporting discrimination, Judy and Dennis Shepard said.
October 16, 2019
MacKenzie Scott Donates $1.7 Billion to LGBTQ+, Gender, Racial Equity
The third richest woman in the world is putting her money where her mouth is.
July 29, 2020
A (Federal) Case for Marriage
As an all-star legal team mounts an ambitious federal challenge to California's Proposition 8, the future of national marriage equality weighs heavily on its shoulders.
July 6, 2009
Abortion Stigma and the Politics of the Closet
It won't bode well for women — and LGBT people — if the Supreme Court decides to gut Roe v. Wade.
June 16, 2016
We 55 respectfully disagree
In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."
April 11, 2006
Faith Groups: Add Religious Freedom to Marriage Equality Bill
The organizations support a religious liberty amendment backed by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Susan Collins and Tammy Baldwin.
November 28, 2022
Trump Admin to Supreme Court: Allow Gay People to Be Fired
The administration filed a brief that urges the high court to allow antigay discrimination.
August 23, 2019
Florida Reverends, Rabbi Slam DeSantis, Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
"As Florida clergy who identify as LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ+ allies, it is our moral duty to be in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer/questioning people," they say.
June 27, 2023
What to Expect From Trump's Supreme Court Nominees
As he sought input from the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Donald Trump’s shortlist of Supreme Court nominees is certain to be roundly, virulently anti-LGBT.
March 22, 2016
Legal Experts Outraged by Federal Prop. 8 Case
Attorneys responsible for a new federal challenge to Prop. 8 rebuffed apprehension from LGBT legal organizations, which contend that such a case before the U.S. Supreme Court could have disastrous consequences.
May 27, 2009