A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday unanimously upheld Washington state’s ban on conversion therapy for children, rejecting a therapist’s claim that it undermined his free speech and targeted him because he is Christian. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…
A federal court has sided with a Louisville photographer who refuses to shoot same-sex weddings due to her religious beliefs, finding that a local nondiscrimination law violated her First Amendment rights. In a 44-page ruling issued on August 30…
The number of bills seeking to impose “educational gag orders” that limit or ban certain types of topics or discussions from school classrooms has increased more than twofold in the past year, according to a new report. The report, “America’s Censored Classrooms,” which…
California may soon adopt a law that would allow people to sue anyone who sends them an unsolicited picture of their genitals. Texas and Virginia already have similar laws on their books. But does this mean you’ll now have to…
Sixteen attorneys general have filed a brief opposing Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, saying Republicans’ attacks on LGBTQ+ communities are unconstitutional and cause national harm. On Wednesday, AGs from fifteen states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief…
South Carolina became the seventh state last month to permit health care providers to decline to serve people if they feel doing so would violate their religious beliefs. As a result, more than 1 in 8 LGBTQ people now live…
The House plans to vote this week to codify same-sex marriage and legal contraception nationwide, fearing that the Supreme Court could rescind those rights after it overturned the constitutional right to abortion last month. The Democratic-controlled chamber is set to…
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