Des Moines police entered the Blazing Saddle last week after staff members provided first aid to injured protesters.

‘We have a responsibility to address systemic inequities as well as listen and support the brown and black community,’ Indianapolis Pride event organizers said.

This is the third time he has failed to recognize Pride Month officially.

Task force says transgender people are particularly vulnerable in jails and prisons.

Also: The governor of Pennsylvania wants to raise the state’s minimum wage, and Michigan is helping businesses procure protective equipment.

The ACLU said, ‘All that today’s finding represents is yet another attack from the Trump administration on transgender students.’

LGBTQ people are already struggling — and the Trump administration is making their lives worse.

Gavin Grimm’s case is back in the spotlight.

Nearly 40% have had their work hours reduced and 14% have asked for delays in making rent payments.

The family of McKinsley LaKeith Lincoln is demanding better communication from the police investigating his death.

‘It seems strange to waste resources on discrimination against transgender people when so many people’s safety and livelihoods are threatened.’

The data will help officials understand the impact COVID-19 is having on the LGBTQ community.

The Family Research Council is known for its repeated attacks on the LGBTQ community.

Many of them were women of color.

In addition to his organization’s stance against marriage equality in its statement of faith, Franklin Graham also has a history of making anti-LGBTQ statements.

Also: Organizers with the Biden campaign unionize, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, gives a boost to a statewide effort to stop LGBTQ discrimination.

A group of parents is suing the Madison School District over its gender-affirming policies.

LGBTQ health and shelter services are strained to their limits.

More state lawmakers are talking about the need to collect data on LGBTQ patients during the pandemic.

Also: Michigan invests $130 million in child care, and Ohio is closer to having its first LGBTQ sheriff.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said the policy isn’t doing anything to protect public health.    

Groups like the Proud Boys and Michigan Liberty Militia have pushed homophobic and transphobic views in the past.

Advocacy groups say their health is at risk and are demanding their release.

The administration is finalizing its rewrite of an Obamacare rule that bars discrimination against LGBTQ people.

An openly gay judge has been ordered to take down the pride flag after complaints from a defense attorney who compared it to Nazi and Confederate symbols.

A pastors group opposes a Michigan ballot initiative that would protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation.

State Rep. Jeff Leach praised Texas’ abortion ban during the coronavirus pandemic.

Queer people in committed relationships who were denied survivors benefits following their partners’ deaths say the pandemic has forced them to make tough choices.    

Nearly 200 groups sent a letter this week demanding that future relief legislation be inclusive of all people.

Robertson said the pandemic is the result of people ‘not turning when we have done terrible things.’