News + Politics
-
Us Helping Us receives $1.75 million grant
Us Helping Us, the HIV-prevention nonprofit that works with black gay and same-gender-loving men recieved good news on Wednesday: The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention...
-
Bobby Jindal sued over anti-gay executive order
Bobby Jindal had better get the lawyers ready. The ACLU Foundation of Louisiana, the Forum for Equality Foundation and six individual plaintiffs have filed a...
-
Marriage Equality: A Win for History
Achieving marriage equality built on the past and should be a springboard for the future
-
Department of Justice backs Virginia transgender student’s fight
The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in federal court that appears to bolster a Virginia transgender high school student’s fight to...
-
Chris Christie vetoes pro-LGBT gestational carrier bill
Transgender advocates in New Jersey may be biting their nails after Gov. Chris Christie (R) issued a veto of a pro-LGBT surrogacy bill on Monday, June...
-
Arlington County School Board approves gender identity protections
The Arlington County School Board voted unanimously to update its policies to include protections for gender identity and expression on Wednesday morning. The changes, requested by...
-
Equality Maryland may close up shop
Decision rooted in decline of revenues after securing marriage equality victory
-
Seattle residents targeted in three anti-LGBT attacks over Pride weekend
Amid celebrations commemorating Seattle Pride and the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide, Seattle Police are investigating three separate incidents that appear to have targeted the LGBT community. According...
-
Surprise same sex marriage proposal in front of rainbow White House
Billy Sanchez proposed to Jason Morse in front of a rainbow-colored White House
-
New Jersey legislature passes birth certificate reform bill
Both chambers of the New Jersey Legislature on Thursday passed a bill amending New Jersey’s procedures for issuing new birth certificates for transgender or intersex individuals...
-
Jury rules against conversion therapists in landmark N.J. case
A jury in a landmark trial in New Jersey ruled on Thursday that a “conversion therapy” program that purported to be able to change clients...
-
Marriage Equality: A day in social media
Social media exploded in celebration, as thousands of LGBT Americans and their allies took to Twitter and other outlets to share their reactions to the...
-
Celebrities react to marriage equality
As news filtered through social media that the Supreme Court had handed down a decision in favor of marriage equality, celebrities naturally took to their...
-
LGBT advocates praise Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare
The Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to keep intact the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is being hailed as a win for the LGBT community, both...
-
States start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
Though not all governors are entirely happy about it
