News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Jul 21, 2022

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Respect for Marriage Act

Jul 14, 2022

Roe's Overturn Threatens All Reproductive Care

A collage of images of abortion activists who contributed their quotes.

Jul 7, 2022

Your Abortions. Your Voices. Your Stories.

People holding a rainbow flag banner reading "Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights" while marching at the 2022 San Francisco Pride parade of 2022.

Jun 29, 2022

Why We Use Inclusive Language to Talk About Abortion

Jun 29, 2022

It’s 2022 and Two Books Are on Trial for ‘Obscenity’

Jun 27, 2022

How Online Censorship Harms Sex Workers and LGBTQ Communities

Jun 27, 2022

How LGBTQ Voices are Being Erased in Classrooms

Jun 24, 2022

Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won’t Stop at Abortion

Trans activists march at the Black Transnational Rally with a rainbow flag in the West Village of Manhattan.

Jun 17, 2022

Trans Joy Is Most Necessary When It Feels the Most Impossible

Aimee Stephens, seated, her wife Donna Stephens, in pink, and ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, at the far right listen during a news conference outside the Supreme Court.

Jun 15, 2022

How the Impact of Bostock v. Clayton County on LGBTQ Rights Continues to Expand