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SCOTUS Rules Federal Civil Rights Law Protects LGBTQ Workers

The Supreme Court has ruled that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers, a loss for the Trump administration. The landmark ruling extends discrimination protections to millions of works nationwide b...

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...

Nonreligious LGBTQ People Face Disproportionate Lack of Family Support

A new report from American Atheists reveals that, while nonreligious people in general face discrimination and stigma, those who are LGBTQ have a disproportionate lack of familial support. Due to their nonre...

Fired Transgender Police Chief Sues City of Byron, Georgia

After getting fired from her position as fire chief of Byron, Georgia, in June 2019, transgender woman Rachel Mosby has sued the town for discrimination. Mosby filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on April...

HHS Moves Forward with Rule Scrapping Health Care Protections for Transgender Individuals

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has reportedly moved forward with a rule empowering doctors who refuse to treat transgender patients, according to Politico. The Department ...

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Sign Letter Urging Congress to Include Anti-Discrimination Language in Coronavirus Relief Packages

Almost 200 groups, including LGBTQ rights organizations, have sent a letter to members of Congress asking them to include language that bars anti-LGBTQ discrimination in anything funded by coronavirus relief le...

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 ...

Analysis Reveals Link Between Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination and Poor Health

A new analysis of scientific studies conducted by Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality has found a link between anti-LGBTQ discrimination and poor physical and mental health outcomes. The ...

YouTube Updates Content Policies to Prohibit LGBTQ and Racial Discrimination

YouTube has announced an update to its harassment policies that will protect users from race-, gender identity-, and sexual orientation-based discrimination. YouTube Vice President Matt Halprin released a st...

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

A quarter LGBTQ employees have experienced bullying in the workplace, according to the Kantar Inclusion Index (KII), an initiative designed to identify global employment trends and issues. The KII surveyed a...

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...

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

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-trans Rule for Homeless Shelters

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

Birthday Cakes, Parties Always Popular for Dogs

SCOTUS Rules Federal Civil Rights Law Protects LGBTQ Workers

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

Nonreligious LGBTQ People Face Disproportionate Lack of Family Support

Fired Transgender Police Chief Sues City of Byron, Georgia

HHS Moves Forward with Rule Scrapping Health Care Protections for Transgender Individuals

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Sign Letter Urging Congress to Include Anti-Discrimination Language in Coronavirus Relief Packages

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

Analysis Reveals Link Between Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination and Poor Health

YouTube Updates Content Policies to Prohibit LGBTQ and Racial Discrimination

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

Puerto Rico Passes “Religious Freedom” Bill

Creep of the Week: Roger Severino

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

Creep of the Week: Donald Trump

HIV Medications May Lower Risk of COVID-19, Study Finds

Readers and Staff Pet Photos

The Keys to Keeping Activism Alive

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

Animal Therapy and the LGBTQ Community

Thrift Store Gives Pets a Second Life

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