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An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

On first reading, the Reuters headline seemed like dismal news for transgender military servicemembers and advocates fighting the Trump trans ban. “U.S. Court Lets Trump Transgender Military Ban Stand, Orders N...

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday for the first time granted reporters access to a unit created specifically for transgender women who are in their custody.Reporters from the Washington ...

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that the six leading Democratic presidential candidates, including openly gay Pete Buttigieg, would beat Donald Trump if elected to the Democratic ticket.Accordin...

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Florida representatives have announced a plan to make the site of Pulse, a gay nightclub that was the victim of a hate-fueled mass shooting that killed 49 people, a national memorial, reported CNN.U.S. Reps...

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives has passed a religious freedom bill that activists say legalizes LGBTQ discrimination, reported El Nuevo Dia.The bill prohibits religious-based organizations from bein...

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

A poll released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that public opinion regarding transgender people appears to be growing in support, despite recent attacks from governmental and religious f...

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories

Lambda Legal and the Movement Advancement Project on Tuesday released a new report that documents the status of LGBT rights in five U.S. territories.The report ranks Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Gu...

U.S. Physicians Adopt New Policy Against Anti-Trans Violence

Amid an ongoing struggle with anti-transgender violence, the American Medical Association approved a resolution Monday to take action on the issue.The AMA House of Delegates, which is comprised of U.S. phys...

Trump Administration Rejects Request from US Embassies to Fly Pride Flag

Only days after President Donald Trump acknowledged Pride month for the first time during his presidency, the Trump administration has rejected a request made by several US embassies to fly rainbow flags in hon...

NYPD Apologizes for Stonewall Raids of 1969

After 50 years, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has issued an apology for the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in 1969.The apology comes after New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson called on the...

99 Dems Urge State Dept. to Recognize Citizenship of LGBTQ Couple’s Child

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...

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

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

Jonathan Van Ness Named Essie’s First Non-Female Ambassador for Pride Month

‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Gets a Drag Makeover from Miz Cracker

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories

U.S. Physicians Adopt New Policy Against Anti-Trans Violence

Trump Administration Rejects Request from US Embassies to Fly Pride Flag

NYPD Apologizes for Stonewall Raids of 1969

99 Dems Urge State Dept. to Recognize Citizenship of LGBTQ Couple’s Child

YouTuber Dan Howell Comes Out as Gay

An Apparent Trump Win is Really a Huge Trans Victory

Transgender Fire Chief of Byron, Georgia Fired

Reporters Granted Access to ICE Transgender Detainee Unit

Six Democratic Candidates, Including Pete Buttigieg, Would Beat Trump in 2020, Poll Finds

Florida Reps. Announce Plan to Make Pulse Nightclub National Memorial

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Survey Shows Growing Support for Transgender Rights Among Americans

Jonathan Van Ness Comes Out as Non-Binary

Lambda Legal, MAP Release Report on LGBT Rights in US Territories