Michael Lavers, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association, Author at Georgia Voice

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He made the announcement in the White House Rose Garden before he signed a spending...

Puerto Rico Government Issues LGBTQ-Friendly Guidelines to Public Employees

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s administration on Feb. 8 issued guidelines that are designed to make the U.S. commonwealth’s public employees more sensitive to the needs of transgender people and same-sex c...

ICE Confirms 45 Transgender Women Being Held at Texas Detention Center

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week confirmed to the Washington Blade that it is currently housing 45 transgender women at a privately-run detention center in Texas. Danielle Bennett on Tuesda...

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Protect Transgender Servicemembers

A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Thursday introduced bills that would allow openly transgender people to enlist in the military and protect trans servicemembers who are already serving. U.S. Reps. Jackie S...

HRC Calls on Va. Governor to Resign over Racist Yearbook Page

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is facing growing calls to resign from the Human Rights Campaign and others after his medical school yearbook page with a picture of two men in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe surf...

Group of 30 LGBTI Migrants Enter Mexico from Guatemala

A group of 30 LGBTI migrants entered Mexico from Guatemala on Friday. Estuardo Moscoso of Asociación Lambda, a Guatemala City-based advocacy group that provides assistance to LGBTI migrants, told the Washing...

Mexico Border City Provides Assistance to LGBTI Migrants

The mayor of a Mexican border city that has provided assistance to LGBTI migrants says President Trump’s continued demands for a border wall is a political “tactic.” Jesús Antonio Pujol Irastorza told the Wa...

Ariz. Lawmaker: Trump Immigration Policy is ‘Mostly Dog Whistle’

An Arizona lawmaker whose district borders Mexico on Tuesday sharply criticized President Trump’s immigration policy that includes demands for a border wall. “It’s mostly dog whistle to try and gin up his ve...

New Migrant Caravan Leaves Honduras

More than 1,000 Honduran migrants who hope to reach the U.S. left the country earlier this month. A source in Honduras told the Washington Blade the migrant caravan left the city of San Pedro Sula on Jan. 14...

State Department ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Latest Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

The State Department on Thursday said it is “deeply disturbed” by reports that indicate at least two people have been killed and upwards of 40 others have been detained in the latest anti-LGBTI crackdown in Che...

Report: 2 Killed, 40 Detained in Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

A Russian advocacy group on Monday said at least two people have been killed and upwards of 40 people have been detained in the latest anti-LGBTI crackdown in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT Network in a press re...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

Nearly 2 in 10 Black LGBTQ Youth Forced into Sexual Acts, HRC Report Reveals

Chicago Police Arrest Two Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

The Myth of Sisyphus: Grappling Suicide with Absurdity

The Marie Kondo Phenomenon: Sparking Your Ultimate Joy

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

Puerto Rico Government Issues LGBTQ-Friendly Guidelines to Public Employees

ICE Confirms 45 Transgender Women Being Held at Texas Detention Center

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Protect Transgender Servicemembers

HRC Calls on Va. Governor to Resign over Racist Yearbook Page

Group of 30 LGBTI Migrants Enter Mexico from Guatemala

Mexico Border City Provides Assistance to LGBTI Migrants

Ariz. Lawmaker: Trump Immigration Policy is ‘Mostly Dog Whistle’

New Migrant Caravan Leaves Honduras

State Department ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Latest Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

Report: 2 Killed, 40 Detained in Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

Nearly 2 in 10 Black LGBTQ Youth Forced into Sexual Acts, HRC Report Reveals

Chicago Police Arrest Two Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case

Switzerland Closer to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBTQ Bills for 2019 Session

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

60% of Same-Sex Couples Meet Online, Study Says

Nashville Becomes First Southern City to Recognize LGBTQ-Owned Businesses

More LGBTQ Adults are Considering Starting Families, Study Finds

GLAAD Urges Georgia General Assembly to Pass Bills to Fight HIV/AIDS

Author Michael Lavers, Washington Blade courtesy of the National LGBTQ Media Association