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Family of Oklahoma Trans Student Plans Relocation After Violent Threats

Brandy Rose, the mother of a transgender girl currently attending Achille Public Schools, has announced her family’s plans to leave their home in Oklahoma for Houston, Texas, where Brandy’s sister lives. The fa...

Despite Parental Support, Judge Denies Trans Teen Name Change

On June 18, 15-year-old transgender boy Elliott Whitaker and his parents, Leigh and Kylen Whitaker, appeared before the court to request a legal name change for Elliott. To his parents, the hearing wasn’t g...

ACLU Wins Lawsuit for LGBTQ Inmates in San Bernardino County

In 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department on behalf of prisoners in San Bernardino county jails. The lawsuit accused the Sheriff’s depart...

LGBTQ Texans suspect firework-throwing motivated by hate

Around 2 AM on June 28, an unidentified person threw a firework from a moving vehicle onto the patio of a gay bar in Austin, Texas. On Aug. 9, also very early in the morning, it happened again. Patrons of t...

Analysis: How trans politician Christine Hallquist made history in Vermont

Transgender Vermont politician Christine Hallquist has made history: she recently became the first openly trans individual to be a major party's nominee for governor. Hallquist, a Democrat, clinched Vermont’...