News + Politics
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Despite “repeal,” cities continue enforcing travel bans to North Carolina
North Carolina’s fake “repeal” of the controversial HB 2 law might have convinced the NCAA and the ACC to reconsider awarding sports championships to the...
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U.S. Senate Republicans kill filibuster to move along Gorsuch nomination
Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted for the “nuclear option” — a move that kills the filibuster for all current and future Supreme Court nominees,...
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Friendship Place takes a nontraditional approach to helping homeless LGBTQ youth
Friendship Place's symposium, "Young, LGBTQ and Homeless," takes place on Wednesday, April 19
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Virginia Democrats sustain McAuliffe’s veto of anti-LGBTQ bills
The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate sustained vetoes of two so-called “religious freedom” measures that would have permitted discrimination against LGBTQ people and same-sex...
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Nevada Senate passes two pro-LGBTQ bills by wide margins
On Tuesday, the Nevada State Senate passed a pair of bills intended to benefit LGBTQ-identifying children, sending them both on to the State Assembly for...
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Missouri trans inmate asks court to grant her access to hormone therapy
A Missouri transgender women is suing the Missouri Department of Corrections and Corizon LCC, which contracts with the MDOC to provide medical care at its...
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Did the Trump administration really erase LGBTQ people from the Census?
The Census has never asked about sexual orientation or gender identity. So why are LGBTQ groups so upset if nothing’s changed?
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Federal court: Fair Housing Act protects LGBTQ people
In a first of its kind ruling, a federal district court judge has ruled that a Boulder County landlady violated the federal Fair Housing Act...
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Anti-transgender school board candidates lose in Illinois
An attempted coup by social conservatives in a suburban Chicago school district has been shot down, allowing the district to continue its current arrangement that allows transgender...
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7th Circuit rules Title VII’s workplace protections apply to gays and lesbians
In a groundbreaking, historic decision, the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates Title VII...
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HRC: Gorsuch’s written responses to LGBTQ rights questions are troubling
Less than a week after officially calling for a filibuster of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, the nation’s top LGBTQ rights organization is...
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5th Circuit hears challenge to Mississippi “religious freedom” law
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Barber v. Bryant, a challenge to Mississippi’s so-called “religious freedom” law, HB...
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NCAA gets duped: North Carolina eligible for championships after fake “repeal” of HB 2
The NCAA backed down from its previously strong stance opposing anti-LGBTQ discrimination, issuing a statement that reversed its removal of 2017-2018 sports championships from the state...
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Tennessee anti-gay marriage and bathroom bills dead until next year
Tennessee lawmakers have delayed a vote on a measure that would only legally recognize marriages between one man and one woman until next year, but advocates...
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Queer allies warn NCAA: HB 2 “repeal” is a “Trojan horse” and “bait-and-switch”
LGBTQ advocates and their progressive allies have a message for NCAA President Mark Emmert: Don’t be fooled by this so-called “repeal” of North Carolina’s HB 2...
