Record Number of LGBTQ Candidates Running in 2018

An unprecedented number of LGBTQ people have run for public office this year, according Victory Fund’s 2018 Rainbow Wave report. More than 430 openly LGBTQ people ran, with 244 still in the race for November...

Support for the Equality Act is growing in Congress

Is Congress moving forward on a vital issue? The Equality Act was introduced in the United States Congress almost exactly three years ago. And it looks like support is growing after a long wait. The Act, ...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 19

1. Two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee criticized Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo for his anti-LGBT statements. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) cited Pompeo's opposition to gay rights as a...

5 LGBTQ things you need to know today, April 13

1. The nation of Trinidad and Tobago is on the verge of decriminalizing homosexuality, after a judge's ruling on Thursday that such laws are unconstitutional. According to NBC News, Justice Devindra Rampersad s...
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5 LGBT things you need to know today, Dec. 6

1. The hills are alive with the sound of wedding bells. In a constitutional court ruling announced yesterday, Austria became the 16th European nation to grant marriage equality for all its citizens. The court r...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 31

1. The LGBT community mourns the death of noted activist and film producer JD Salvatore, who passed away this week at 51. 2. North Carolina's Rep. Alma Adams introduced the Youth Access to Sexual Health Serv...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 21

1. The governor of Rhode Island just signed a bill banning conversion therapy for LGBT youth. 2. Congressional leaders met with administrators from historically black colleges and universities — HBCUs — in W...