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Aimee Stephens, Trans Worker at Center of Supreme Court Case, Dies at 59

Aimee Stephens, the funeral home director fired for being transgender and the center of a Supreme Court case that will determine whether anti-trans discrimination is prohibited nationwide, has died at age 59, t...

Trump Admin. Proposes More Anti-LGBTQ “Religious Freedom” Rules

The Trump administration has proposed nine rules reversing Obama-era regulations affecting faith-based nonprofits with government contracts, enabling them to turn away LGBTQ people or those of another religion ...

Judges Rules Trans Troops Can Proceed with Lawsuit Against Pentagon

A federal judge in Maryland ruled yesterday (August 20) that transgender troops can proceed to sue the Pentagon over President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban, according to Stars and Stripes. U.S. D...

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Dashir Moore, a transgender man living in Colorado, was denied insurance coverage of chest surgery after already undergoing the procedure. The ACLU has pressed the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to examine th...

Trans Man Wins $120,000 Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Prison in “Cutting-Edge Victory”

Transgender man Jesse Vroegh was awarded $120,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against an Iowa prison, according to the New York Times. Vroegh, who is a registered nurse, was working at a prison in Iowa in 2...

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

William Barr, President Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday (February 14). The vote for the most part followed party lines, with Republicans voting to confi...

LGBT Groups Sharply Criticize Trump Asylum Executive Order

LGBT advocacy groups have sharply criticized President Trump over his executive order that prevents migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they enter the country illegally from Mexico. National Center f...

Lyft driver kicks gay couple out of car

A Lyft driver kicked a kissing gay couple out of his vehicle after saying that he could not "have that in my car." According to Pink News, the brouhaha erupted when the driver asked two Indianapolis students...

Rally to stop anti-LGBTQ adoption bill SB 375

Hundreds rally against anti-LGBTQ adoption bill across from Georgia State Capitol

Around 200 people gathered across the street from the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday afternoon for the Rally To Stop SB 375, the anti-LGBTQ adoption bill that passed in the Senate last week and has quickly c...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 30

1. “Star Trek: Discovery” actor Anthony Rapp revealed a 26-year-old Kevin Spacey made advances toward him when he was a 14-year-old stage actor. Spacey tweeted that he didn’t recall the incident and apologized ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 19

1. Under a settlement agreement filed yesterday in North Carolina, transgender people would be permitted to use public restrooms corresponding with their gender identity in the Tarheel State. The consent decree...

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

Biden Rallies LGBTQ Supporters, Denounces Trump at HRC Event

Ginsburg’s Death Leaves LGBTQ Rights on Supreme Court Vulnerable to Religious Claims

Former Methodist Church in Savannah Becomes Nondenominational Over LGBTQ Beliefs

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Jonathan Bennett Stars in Hallmark’s New LGBTQ-inclusive Christmas Rom-Com

Brandon Krajewski on Directing and Co-Writing ‘Stone | Fruit’

Cindy L. Abel Talks Her Doc ‘Surviving the Silence’