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Trans Prisoner Strawberry Hampton Gets Moved to Female Prison

After a year-long battle in court, trans woman prisoner Strawberry Hampton was transferred to a female prison, reported the Chicago Tribune. Hampton won her suit against the Illinois Department of Correction...

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...

Trump pushes back against trans prisoner protections

The Administration of President Trump has announced it will reverse rules designed to protect transgender prisoners. The rules allow trans prisoners to use facilities (specifically, cell blocks and bathrooms) w...

Georgia trans woman’s lawsuit against prison officials gets backing of feds, Elton John

Ashley Diamond, a trans woman from Rome, Georgia, and who performed as a drag queen in Atlanta, got a major backing of support in her federal lawsuit against the officials within the state Department of Correct...

Former prison doctor pleads guilty to sexually molesting male inmates

A former prison doctor for the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing three inmates.

The abuse occurred in October 2011 when the three inmates sought medical treatment, according to a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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

Amazon Prime Removes LGBTQ Documentary “Words” for Not Meeting “Quality Expectations”

Former Obama LGBT Liaison Named PFLAG Executive Director

Court Rules Anti-Gay Discrimination in Housing Case not Sex Discrimination

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Amazon Prime Removes LGBTQ Documentary “Words” for Not Meeting “Quality Expectations”

Limp Fries and Sugar Highs

Spring 2019 Theatre Preview

Trans Prisoner Strawberry Hampton Gets Moved to Female Prison

ACLU Wins Lawsuit for LGBTQ Inmates in San Bernardino County

Trump pushes back against trans prisoner protections

Georgia trans woman’s lawsuit against prison officials gets backing of feds, Elton John

Former prison doctor pleads guilty to sexually molesting male inmates

Amazon Prime Removes LGBTQ Documentary “Words” for Not Meeting “Quality Expectations”

Former Obama LGBT Liaison Named PFLAG Executive Director

Court Rules Anti-Gay Discrimination in Housing Case not Sex Discrimination

Pence Calls Criticism of Wife’s Anti-LGBT School ‘Deeply Offensive’

Barr Hints at Continuing Anti-LGBT Policies at Trump Justice Department

The Trevor Project Sends Gay Bunny Books to Karen Pence’s Anti-LGBT School

State Department ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Latest Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

First-Ever National LGBTQ Center for Arts To Open in San Francisco

Tulsi Gabbard Apologizes for Anti-Gay Past in New Video

Former Director of Conversion Therapy Organization Says The Practice is Dangerous and Ineffective

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