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Former Texas House Speaker Urges Supreme Court to Make LGBTQ Discrimination Illegal

The former Republican Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Joe Straus, has come out in support of federal protections for LGBTQ Americans in an op-ed published in Newsweek. The Republican politicia...

Two Supreme Court Justices Meet with Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group President Brian Brown

Before announcing their judgement on three LGBTQ rights cases, two U.S. Supreme Court justices met with the leader of an anti-LGBTQ hate group, reported PinkNews. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito me...

Activists Arrested in Sit-In Outside of Supreme Court during LGBTQ Employment Cases

Over 100 activists and protestors were reportedly arrested on Tuesday (October 8) outside the supreme Court as judges heard three landmark LGBTQ employment cases, reported Out Magazine. Activists with Housin...

Georgia Equality Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Regarding Workplace Discrimination

LGBTQ advocacy group Georgia Equality filed an amicus brief in several cases that will be determine whether employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is covered under Titl...

Supreme Court Vacates Ruling Against Anti-LGBTQ Bakers in “Religious Freedom” Case

The Supreme Court has vacated a ruling against an Oregon bakery that refused to bake a cake for a lesbian couple, reported PinkNews. The Court declined to take up the case on Monday (June 17), which dealt wi...

Pelosi: Supreme Court Review to Have ‘No Impact’ on Equality Act, Floor Vote in May

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether existing federal law prohibits anti-LGBT discrimination will have “no impact” on the advancement of legislation seeking to ban it explicitly under federa...

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Whether Federal Law Bars Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed hear cases seeking to determine once-and-for-all if anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under federal law. In its orders list on Monday, the court announ...

Supreme Court Won’t Undo Death Penalty for Inmate Alleging Anti-Gay Bias in Jury

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday it won’t hear a case contesting the death penalty of gay man in South Dakota despite evidence suggesting the jury invoked the punishment based on his sexual orientatio...

Anti-Same Sex Marriage Bill is Reintroduced in Tennessee

Tennessee lawmakers have reintroduced the Natural Marriage Defense Act, which would prohibit same-sex marriage in the state, reported the Tennessean. The act was introduced by Sen. Mark Pody and Rep. Jerry S...

Trump Administration Moves to Dissolve Final Order Against Trans Military Ban

With the U.S. Supreme Court green lighting President Trump this week to proceed with a ban on transgender military service, the U.S. Justice Department moved on Tuesday to dissolve the last court order standing...

Anti-LGBT Petitions Before Supreme Court Could Make for Dire Term

A number of anti-LGBT petitions are before the U.S. Supreme Court, although legal experts say adjudication of these cases — if justices agree to take them up — may not be as bad as some observers fear. With ...

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

Fauci: Gay People Lifted Stigma with ‘Incredible Courage’ in HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Gov. Kemp Extends Shelter-in-Place Order Through End of April

Stay-at-Home Conditions Boost Local E-bike Sales

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Melissa Etheridge: Learning to Let Go of Fear

‘Council of Dads’ Questions What We Define as Family

High Museum Offers Virtual Content in Midst of Coronavirus