News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Mar 30, 2017

Don’t Be Fooled by North Carolina, There Is No Repeal of The Anti-Trans HB2, Only More Discrimination.

Mar 29, 2017

DeVos Is Giving Congress the Silent Treatment on Questions Regarding Nondiscrimination Protections for Transgender Students

Mar 22, 2017

LGBT and Women Workers Deserve a Labor Secretary Who Is Committed to Their Well-Being

Mar 16, 2017

The Obamacare Repeal Bill is Catastrophically Bad. And The Numbers Prove It.

Mar 9, 2017

Texas Looking to Follow North Carolina’s Shameful Lead in Targeting Transgender People

Mar 3, 2017

State Bills Would Give Adoption Agencies the Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Adoptive Parents. Kids Will Suffer.

Mar 3, 2017

How Is Trump Planning to Attack Reproductive Rights, LGBT Equality, and Religious Minorities? We’ll Find Out.

Mar 2, 2017

Medical Associations, School Administrators, and More Submit Briefs to the Supreme Court in Support of Transgender Student

Feb 13, 2017

Trans Students Deserve Better, President Trump

Feb 8, 2017

This Supreme Court Case Could Affect Trans Lives for Generations