Casey Quinlan is the LGBTQ reporter at The American Independent. They previously worked for ThinkProgress as a gender and sexuality policy reporter. Casey has freelanced for publications such as Rewire News, New Republic, Teen Vogue, In These Times, Glamour, Bustle, Vox, SCOTUSblog, and Supermajority News.
Fifty-five companies and business associations signed a letter opposing anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Texas this year.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2021
The state joins 16 others that have simplified the process of correcting gender markers on official identification documents.
By Casey Quinlan - August 25, 2021
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke assured transgender students that discrimination is ‘wrong’ and ‘against the law’ in a new video from the Justice Department.
By Casey Quinlan - August 20, 2021
Experts say pro-‘conversion therapy’ activists are using LGBTQ-friendly branding to attract followers.
By Casey Quinlan - August 19, 2021
The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program has been updated for the first time in years, giving recipients 27% more than before the pandemic.
By Casey Quinlan - August 17, 2021
Both Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services claim gender confirmation surgery for transgender minors is child abuse — even though such procedures are nearly nonexistent.
By Casey Quinlan - August 13, 2021
A federal judge has ordered the Illinois Department of Corrections to make changes to its procedures for transgender prisoners.
By Casey Quinlan - August 11, 2021
‘I look forward to being with people whose perspectives are very different from mine,’ said Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum.
By Casey Quinlan - August 10, 2021
Officials say states will be required to affirm their commitment to NCAA nondiscrimination policies in order to host championships, even if those states have passed anti-trans sports bans.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2021
Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David says he believes conservatives are hoping anti-LGBTQ laws will help them win elections.
By Casey Quinlan - August 03, 2021
A 14-year-old Kansas student was punished by her school in January for saying she was a lesbian.
By Casey Quinlan - August 02, 2021
The first session of the White House’s Interagency Working Group on Safety, Inclusion, and Opportunity for Transgender Americans was held on July 21.
By Casey Quinlan - July 30, 2021
LGBTQ people are making progress in politics, but they still have a long way to go to achieve equitable representation.
By Casey Quinlan - July 29, 2021
A group that included a Republican legislative aide protested a school in Wise, Virginia, over its trans-inclusive policies.
By Casey Quinlan - July 28, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told a talk show host he has ‘another solution.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 20, 2021
Louisiana Republican lawmakers want to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a trans sports ban.
By Casey Quinlan - July 19, 2021
A new law requires transgender Montanans to have gender confirmation surgery before they’re allowed to change their birth certificates.
By Casey Quinlan - July 16, 2021
The governor signed an executive order on Thursday morning banning the harmful practice.
By Casey Quinlan - July 15, 2021
The Alabama senator recentlypressed Biden’s nominee to lead the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, Catherine Lhamon, about policies regarding transgender athletes.
By Casey Quinlan - July 14, 2021
John Kluge, an orchestra teacher at Brownsburg High School in Indiana, refused to use the correct names or pronouns because, he claimed, it violated his religious beliefs.
By Casey Quinlan - July 13, 2021
The Texas Legislature is considering bills banning trans student athletes from sports teams.
By Casey Quinlan - July 13, 2021
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Washington state’s nondiscrimination protections do not violate religious freedoms.
By Casey Quinlan - July 02, 2021
The Biden administration announced a new interagency working group meant to address safety and opportunity for trans people.
By Casey Quinlan - July 01, 2021
A counselor at one of those hospitals in Uganda claimed that sex without procreation ‘becomes evil’ and suggested a gay teen could become straight if introduced to the right ‘housemaid.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 01, 2021
The decision ‘affirms that transgender students are protected by Title IX,’ said HRC president Alphonso David.
By Casey Quinlan - June 29, 2021
Many nonbinary adults say they were abused during childhood or were subjected to dangerous ‘therapy’ to ‘fix’ them, a new study shows.
By Casey Quinlan - June 25, 2021
Leaders from several LGBTQ organizations met with the White House recently to discuss the urgent need for the bill’s passage.
By Casey Quinlan - June 22, 2021
VA Secretary Denis McDonough called the surgery coverage something ‘transgender veterans have called for and deserved for a long time.’
By Casey Quinlan - June 21, 2021
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Catholic foster care agency that refuses to work with same-sex families on Thursday.
By Casey Quinlan - June 17, 2021
The Department of Education confirmed that Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation, amid an onslaught of anti-trans legislation at the state level.
By Casey Quinlan - June 17, 2021