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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 ...

School Bathroom Policy Case Could be the First Transgender Case to Go to the Supreme Court

Students of Boyertown Area High School lost their appeal after taking the school district to court because of its policy to allow transgender students to use their preferred bathrooms and locker rooms, reported...

Trump Admin Turns to Supreme Court to Ban Trans People from Military

With court orders in place from four judges barring the U.S. military from enacting President Trump’s transgender ban, the Trump administration is seeking recourse from the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the polic...

DOJ Dodges on Whether Supreme Court Should Review Trans Protections

Days after an explosive New York Times report revealing the Department of Health & Human Services is planning to define transgender people out of existence, the Trump administration is sidestepping a questi...

Anti-LGBT Lawsuits Already Headed Justice Kavanaugh’s Way

Precisely on cue with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, anti-LGBT groups have filed lawsuits challenging LGBT rights that may in the near future serve to test the new justice on his...

British Court Rules Christian Bakery Didn’t Discriminate

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that a Christian-owned bakery didn’t discriminate when it refused to make a pro-LGBTQ cake, reported NBC News. The case was brought to the court in 2014 when the bakery, Ashers ...

Reign of the Mean Boys

I happened to be wearing a pink shirt last Wednesday, which prompted an elderly co-worker to greet me with, “Happy Mean Girls Day!” He had learned about the fictitious holiday while watching “Good Morning Ameri...

SCOTUS Declines to Take Up Philly Adoption Case

In March of this year, the City of Philadelphia imposed a freeze on placements with Catholic Social Services after the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the adoption agency had a policy to not place children ...

Trump nominates Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a former assistant to Kenneth Starr, for the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh first rose to national notice as the author of the i...

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

U.S. Airlines to Offer Non-Binary Gender Option on Tickets

Bernie Sanders Announces Bid for 2020 Presidency

Report: Trump Admin to Launch Global Effort to Decriminalize Homosexuality

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic