4th Circuit Rules Montgomery County Parents Cannot Opt Children Out of LGBTQ-specific Lessons Washington Blade Staff Reports National May 16, 2024 0A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled a group of Montgomery County parents cannot “opt out” their children from classes in which...
US Census Bureau Testing Survey on LGBTQ Households Washington Blade Staff Reports National May 5, 2024 0The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking public comment on a proposed test of sexual orientation and gender identity questions on the...
Department of Education to Investigate Nex Benedict’s Okla. School District Washington Blade Staff Reports National March 3, 2024 0On Friday the U.S. Department of Education informed Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson that the department will open an investigation in response to...
American Red Cross to Allow Gay Men to Donate Blood Washington Blade Staff Reports National August 8, 2023 0The American Red Cross announced a historic change in the organization’s policies regarding blood donations by gay and bisexual men....
Forty Percent of Transgender Adults in the US Have Attempted Suicide Washington Blade Staff Reports National July 24, 2023 0A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that 81 percent of transgender adults in...
Majority of Registered Voters Oppose Refusing Service to LGBTQ People Washington Blade Staff Reports National July 11, 2023 0Results of a new poll conducted by the D.C.-based Data for Progress released last week showed that 65 percent of...
Gallup Poll: U.S. LGBTQ Adult Population Steady at 7.2 Percent Washington Blade Staff Reports National February 26, 2023 0The results of a national survey conducted by Gallup polling based on aggregated polling data from 2022 telephone surveys shows U.S. adults’...
More Than 400 LGBTQ Candidates Won on Election Day Washington Blade Staff Reports National November 11, 2022 0436 openly LGBTQ candidates won their elections as of 7pm EST Thursday, surpassing the previous record of 336 set in...
LGBTQ Candidates on the Ballot in All 50 States for First Time Washington Blade Staff Reports National October 27, 2022 0The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, released its 2022 Out on the...
Fla. Department of Education Approves New Anti-LGBTQ Rules Washington Blade Staff Reports News October 23, 2022 0As school districts across the state and particularly in Southwest Florida struggle to reopen after the massive damage inflicted by...
GLAAD Gives Social Media Failing Grades Over Lack of Protections for LGBTQ Users Washington Blade Staff Reports National July 15, 2022 0GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, released the findings of its second...