LGBT Rights
Heyer Elementary School administrators have argued that "Rainbowland," which promotes LGBTQ acceptance, could be "perceived as controversial."
Last week, Minnesota moved to become the second refuge state for trans youth — and the legislation couldn’t have come at a more pivotal time.
The bill would prevent state officials from having to comply with other states' anti-LGBTQ legal requests.
Democratic state Sen. Karen Berg, whose transgender son died by suicide, reportedly cried after the vote.
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Doctors in West Virginia say transgender health care that could soon be banned in the state is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide.
Scott White will be sentenced in June for his role in Scott Johnson's death, which had initially been deemed a suicide.
“Criminalizing people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice," Pope Francis tells reporters on the papal plane.
Francis' comments are the first uttered by a pope about such laws, but are consistent with his overall approach to the LGBTQ community.
NCAA leadership, however, says the stated goal in policy making is “not if transgender athletes are included, but how.”
A contestant on Season 15 of the competition series says the current vitriol aimed at drag performers isn't surprising, adding: "But we always prevail."