Virginia has become the 12th U.S. state with a law against the LGBTQ+ “panic” defense in criminal trials. Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill into law Wednesday banning the use of the defense in trials for murder or voluntary manslaughter…
Montana could be the second state this year to adopt a law critics say will allow anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in the name of faith. Also known as the “Montana Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” Senate Bill 215 is headed to the desk of…
A co-founder of LGBTQ baseball groups on Facebook previews all 30 MLB teams, with a surprise champion…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced the State Department has officially disbanded a controversial human rights advisory commission that LGBTQ activists sharply criticized. “One of the core principles of human rights is that they are universal. All people are…
Like LGBTQ Pride organizations in several of the nation’s largest cities, D.C.’s Capital Pride Alliance is planning to hold several virtual Pride events during the traditional Pride month of June and is considering at least one in-person event for October…
Here’s another first from President Joe Biden: a White House proclamation recognizing Transgender Day Of Visibility. The proclamation, released Wednesday, honored the “trailblazing work” of trans and nonbinary folks in fighting for equality in the arenas of education, sports, and…
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a lesbian couple can legally adopt a 3-year-old child who has lived with them since birth, overturning a lower court’s decision rejecting their petition. In July 2020, Dixon County Judge Douglas Luebe said…
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