SC governor to sign bill banning hormone therapy for transgender youth into law
Treatments for youth already taking the drugs could be gradually taken off them through Jan. 31
By Skylar Laird, South Carolina Daily Gazette - May 09, 2024LGBTQ+
The state Republican Party is using the same hate-filled playbook that failed in 2017 and 2018.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019Ben Carson twice refused during congressional testimony to step away from his attacks on LGBTQ Americans.
By Oliver Willis - October 22, 2019Republican Dennis Bonnen announced he would leave the Texas House of Representatives after dozens of his colleagues urged him to ‘move on.’
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2019Parents of the slain gay teenager laced into Barr over his support of allowing individuals to be fired for being transgender.
By Associated Press - October 16, 2019Rubio briefly pretended to care about LGBTQ people after the Pulse shootings. Not anymore.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey says he reversed his earlier decision ‘after careful consideration.’
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019Two Supreme Court cases that will be heard this week could drastically undermine protections for LGBTQ workers.
By Lisa Needham - October 07, 2019More wins include Georgia seeing voter registration skyrocket, and California makeing it easier for parents to run for office.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 04, 2019Carson made some transphobic comments while visiting HUD’s San Francisco office. His clarification didn’t make things any better.
By Lisa Needham - September 23, 2019Progressives won victories in California, where a new law protects workers in the gig economy, and a new task force in Minnesota will address violence against Native women.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 20, 2019A 4-3 decision from the Arizona Supreme Court held that a Christian wedding invitation company can refuse to provide certain services to same-sex couples.
By Lisa Needham - September 17, 2019Pence is set to attend an event for Concerned Women for America, which issued a ‘call to arms’ after same-sex marriage became legal in 2015.
By Oliver Willis - September 12, 2019With a 4-3 vote, the school board in Stafford County, Virginia, adopted nondiscrimination and equal opportunity policies to protect LGBTQ students and faculty.
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2019After District Attorney Rachael Rollins’ right to not prosecute cases was affirmed, she lamented the “colossal waste of time.”
By Josh Israel - September 09, 2019The Trump administration is winning praise for aggressively fulfilling the goals of conservative religious leaders.
By Associated Press - August 21, 2019The Trump administration is going to court to get trans people fired and force women to dress like Christian conservatives think they should.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2019In a week of rough news, progressives still scored a lot of wins.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 16, 2019Trump said he would be a ‘real friend’ to the LGBTQ community, but his administration’s proposed new rule would cause immeasurable harm.
By Lisa Needham - August 15, 2019Pence hailed a group that has called for criminalizing homosexuality.
By Oliver Willis - August 06, 2019And don’t miss a heartwarming story of the city of Las Cruces embracing asylum-seekers with open arms.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 02, 2019It’s a break from the Obama administration, which made a strong commitment to LGBTQ youth.
By Lisa Needham - July 30, 2019In other good news, the House passes a law to end discrimination in the tax code, and Maine takes a compassionate stance toward asylum-seekers.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 26, 2019Tennessee state Rep. Bill Sanderson, an anti-LGBTQ Republican, resigned suddenly amid allegations he was using Grindr to solicit sex from men.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 25, 2019Republicans push for book advocating anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ to be returned to Amazon.
By Oliver Willis - July 19, 2019The Commission on Unalienable Rights is nothing but a front for Pompeo’s anti-LGBTQ views.
By Lisa Needham - July 12, 2019A full 71% of Americans think transgender troops should be allowed to serve in the military, but Trump’s GOP remains firm in its commitment to bigotry.
By Lisa Needham - June 21, 2019Matthew Kacsmaryk hates equal rights for women and LGBTQ people, so Republicans made him a federal judge.
By Oliver Willis - June 19, 2019In the middle of Pride Month, Republicans fought against LGBTQ equality on the House floor.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 19, 2019Vice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s decision to ban U.S. embassies from flying the Pride flag.
By Emily Singer - June 11, 2019U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil, and Latvia were denied permission to fly the rainbow flag on their flagpoles during Pride Month.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 07, 2019