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Majority of Americans Support Federal LGBTQ Protections, GLAAD Report Reveals

GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, announced the findings of its sixth annual Accelerating Acceptance Study, a national survey measuring American attitudes towards, and understanding ...

How the Trump Administration is Getting Around Bostock to Allow Anti-trans Discrimination

Faced with having to enforce the law to prohibit anti-transgender discrimination in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision for LGBTQ rights this summer, the Trump administration has sought ...

My Fight for Trans Rights

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans began holding our collective breath in apprehension back in October 8, 2019, when the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in three cases —...

Federal Judge Blocks Anti-transgender HHS Rule From Going Into Effect

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s rule removing nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in health care from going into effect, reported the Washington Post. The rule, which ...

Savannah City Council Unanimously Passes Non-discrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

The Savannah City Council has passed an ordinance that protects LGBTQ people from discrimination while improving hate crimes reporting by law enforcement, making it the ninth city in Georgia to enact such measu...

Williams Institute Hosts Panel on Bostock Supreme Court Decision

The Williams Institute, the leading research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy, is hosting a virtual panel on LGBTQ rights and the recent Bostock Supreme Court decision. The pan...

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 ...

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Anti-Trans Sign Outside Office

House Passes Equality Act

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New “United States vs. Billie Holiday” Revisits the Legendary Singer

A Look at HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’

Bianca Del Rio Comes to Atlanta in New Drive-in Drag Show