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Supreme Court Ruling May Force Trump Retreat on Anti-LGBTQ Policies

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week in terms of the immediate protections it granted LGBTQ people in the workplace, but the decision may soon provide more victories by forcing President Tr...

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...

Same-sex Weddings Have Boosted Economy by $3.8 Billion

According to a study published on Thursday (May 28) by the Williams Institute, same-sex weddings have boosted state and local economies by an estimated $3.8 billion since same-sex marriage was legalized in 2015...

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...

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...

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

Supreme Court Ruling May Force Trump Retreat on Anti-LGBTQ Policies

SCOTUS Rules Federal Civil Rights Law Protects LGBTQ Workers

Same-sex Weddings Have Boosted Economy by $3.8 Billion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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