Author Chris Johnson, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association

The U.S. Supreme Court is set Tuesday to hear a trio of cases that will determine not just whether firing workers for being LGBT is legal under federal law, but will also have ramifications for LGBT people in e...

The Department of Education rushed to take up an investigation over an anti-trans complaint filed by female athletes in Connecticut without having a solid understanding of the legal framework to accept jurisdic...

U.S. Attorney General William Barr affirmed on Thursday his position of “zero tolerance” for hate crimes against LGBT people in a statement to Justice Department employees recognizing Pride Month. In the sta...

With major defense policy legislation pending before the U.S. House, Democrats have proposed an amendment that would not only reverse President Trump’s transgender military ban, but prohibit discrimination agai...

The U.S. House advanced on Thursday two pieces of legislation aimed at supporting LGBT people, one by making same-sex couples eligibles for tax refund if they were married in 2013 before the Defense of Marriage...

A group of 99 congressional Democrats — 80 in the U.S. House, 19 in the U.S. Senate — are calling on the Trump administration to reverse its policy of refusing to recognize the birthright citizenship of childre...