News + Politics
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Blood Criminals: Outdated HIV Laws
Even with scientific advances in HIV treatment and prevention, U.S. laws on HIV remain woefully stuck in the 1980s
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Audio of 911 call leading to transgender woman’s arrest released
The ACLU of Iowa on Wednesday released audio from the 911 call that landed a transgender woman in jail after staff at the Drury Inn...
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Medical provider “cultural competency” bill passes committee
The D.C. Council Committee on Health and Human Services on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill requiring medical professionals to receive ongoing cultural competency training in...
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Same-sex couples challenge Florida’s discriminatory birth certificate policy
Two Florida lesbian couples have asked a federal court to order officials to allow both sets of women to be listed as parents on their children’s...
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Three N.C. couples bring lawsuit challenging magistrate exemptions
Three same-sex North Carolina couples have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 2, which allows officials to exempt themselves from solemnizing or filing paperwork for any marriage...
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Gay imam likens Trump’s Muslim comments to Third Reich
On Monday, Donald Trump’s campaign issued a press release calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s...
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ACLU responds to government’s motion to dismiss Chelsea Manning lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday evening filed a brief opposing a motion by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss a lawsuit brought...
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Tennessee bill would restrict trans kids’ bathroom use
A proposed bill in Tennessee would mandate that transgender students be forced to use only the bathroom or locker room that aligns with their biological...
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CDC: HIV diagnosis rates down, except among gay and bi men of color
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday announced that even though HIV diagnoses have declined by nearly 20 percent over the past...
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Virginia delegate re-introduces hate crimes reporting bill
“One of the things you learn when you get sent to Richmond is that sometimes you have to take the long view,” says Virginia Del. Rip...
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Michigan Republicans are trying to ignore same-sex marriage
Legislation tries to reclaim the state's "sovereignty" in denying marriage to gay people
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Syria bombings could make LGBT people “more vulnerable”
As Britain prepares to join America in bombing ISIS, gay Syrians fear repercussions
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HIV-positive people will be able to purchase life insurance
For the first time since the start of the AIDS epidemic, people living with HIV will finally be able to purchase life insurance coverage. The...
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Is Kim Davis Time’s Person of the Year?
Kentucky clerk is one of 59 people who readers can select as most influential person of 2015
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Gay Massachusetts man suing Catholic school over firing
Arguments were heard in Norfolk Superior Court on Tuesday in the case of a Massachusetts gay man who is suing a Catholic all-girls school for...
