News + Politics
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Kentucky judge refuses to hear adoption cases involving LGBTQ parents
A family court judge in Kentucky has announced he will no longer hear adoption cases involving “homosexual parties” because he believes “as a matter of conscience”...
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Fairfax school board member taking part in FRC panel on “transgender ideology”
LGBTQ advocates and their liberal allies are decrying a decision by a Fairfax County School Board member to take part in a Family Research Council panel discussion on...
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Pro-gay congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen won’t run for reelection
Florida GOP congresswoman has been a strong supporter of LGBTQ rights and a leader within her party
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Russia arrested LGBTQ activists protesting treatment of gay men in Chechnya
Demonstrators were protesting against the abduction, abuse and murder of gay men in Chechnya
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to California conversion therapy ban
Pacific Justice Institute lawsuit had argued the law restricted therapists' First Amendment rights
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Trump appoints HHS assistant spokeswoman with history of anti-trans rhetoric
President Trump has appointed noted anti-abortion activist Charmaine Yoest as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. News...
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Woman demoted for anti-gay bias has her lawsuit thrown out of court
A New Jersey appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought by a high-ranking state official who sued the state after it demoted her...
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Erick Erickson says man punched for wearing a tutu deserves it
Conservative pundit Erick Erickson is fed up with liberal America pressing other people’s buttons, and he’s not going to take it anymore. Writing for The Resurgent,...
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Katie Couric grills Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Chechnya
On Friday, Yahoo! News’ Katie Couric grilled a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman about the ongoing persecution of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya and Russia’s response...
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U.S. senators ask Price to restore LGBTQ questions on HHS surveys
A bipartisan group of senators has sent a letter calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price to restore LGBTQ-related questions that were...
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Anti-gay judge Roy Moore to run for U.S. Senate seat
Roy Moore, the anti-gay Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was suspended for attempting to block same-sex marriages in the state, has announced...
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Congressional Democrats introduce anti-harassment bill
Bill would require colleges and universities to adopt anti-bullying policies and offer prevention initiatives
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Capital Pride executive producer resigns after outcry over controversial 2016 election post
"No Justice No Pride" coalition demands Capital Pride take further actions to support marginalized LGBTQ groups
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U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi apologizes for homophobic comments
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) has apologized for homophobic comments he made which seemed to imply that violence against gay or gender-nonconforming individuals was acceptable. Enzi...
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U.S. Holocaust Museum condemns anti-gay persecution in Chechnya
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has released a statement comparing the ongoing anti-gay persecution in Chechnya to the internment and extermination of gay men...
