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As Lawsuit Looms, a Nonbinary Utah University Alum Is Looking to Protect Future Students

Finley Caciola’s fight against discrimination led to a Title IX case and a lawsuit that could undo the strides made by the original finding.

Women's sports bars are on a winning streak and 'slaying the trolls'

When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra in 2022, she started a movement: Bars that only show women’s sports. Now, fandom and pay are rapidly growing — and it’s time for the Olympics.

Study: Same-Sex Couples Migrating to the Heartland

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report Monday documenting what it called "a gay demographic explosion" in some of the country's reddest of regions. Using recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the analyses show that the number of same-sex couples in the United States has quadrupled since 1990, growing at a rate 21 times that of the population. But increases have been the most dramatic in the Midwest, Mountain, and Southern states.

These Are the Nation's Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges, Universities

Campus Pride's list for this year includes schools from all over the nation, and separate lists highlight LGBTQ-welcoming community colleges and religious schools.

Mormons on a mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most powerful forces working to defeat gay equality. And openly gay and lesbian Mormons are the most powerful force working to change their church

Just How Antigay Is the World Conference of Families?

Religious extremists meeting in Utah are discussing how LGBT people threaten the country's future and the world's.

Op-ed: No, the South Isn't a 'New Frontier' for LGBT Rights

Framing the South as a backward, dangerous place is not only wrong but also demeaning to the LGBT people who have lived and worked decades for equality there.

The Mormon Church: Oppressed or Oppressor?

A brief history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' complicated relationship with persecution.

How The Nonreligious 'Nones' Are Driving LGBT Equality

A deep look inside a recent Pew Research survey hints at a link between antigay attitudes and declining religiosity.

Transgender Youth Face Hurdles Getting Gender-Affirming Care Even When It's Legal

Legal battles and provider concerns can complicate access to gender-affirming care.

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.

How Gay Dads Become Incidental Activists

Queer fathers are often asked by strangers about "Mom's day off" -- many turn it into a teachable moment.

Trump's LGBT-Unfriendly Supreme Court Picks

Some of Donald Trump's hypothetical Supreme Court nominees have pro-discrimination records.

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Many LGBTQ+ People Are Religious. Why Don’t We Have More Data About Them?

Faith and queerness are not exclusive. More data could help push back against hate while allowing LGBTQ+ people to tell more expansive stories about themselves.

Brainwashed no more

The firestorm over Zach, an out teen trapped in an "ex-gay" program in Tennessee, has uncovered the far right's aggressive efforts to force gay youths to act straight. Some have escaped and share their harrowing tales

The Scary Science at Johns Hopkins University

Doctors at the esteemed institution are perpetuating dangerous myths about transgender people -- and the university is not doing enough to stop them.

This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who

The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.