Sarah McBride and Brian Fitzpatric reintroduced a bill that would sanction foreign officials who carry out anti-LGBTQ+ human rights abuses.

On Nov. 20, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), Equality Illinois held a press conference at the Rainbow Crosswalk on Farragut Ave. and Clark St. adjacent to Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Equality Illinois CEO Channyn Lynne Parker said she wanted to hold a visibility-focused event at the site of one of Chicago’s Rainbow crosswalks because they are a symbol of free expression that are being destroyed by anti-LGBTQ politicians in other locations across America.

Featuring: Mark Segal, founder/publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News.

As we mark Transgender Day of Remembrance 2025 today (Thursday, Nov. 20), here are a few reports from the frontlines in the ongoing battle for transgender equality and safety. 2025 TDOR Report Advocates for Trans Equality has released its 2025 Trans Day of Remembrance Report offering a comprehensive memorial and data analysis on the trans lives lost to […]

The State Department on announced PEPFAR has delivered the first doses of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to two African countries.

The holidays are coming fast, and it’s a great time to show some love to the LGBTQ owned businesses that keep our community vibrant all year. These makers pour real heart into what they do, often whil...

The LGBT National Help Center has launched a new free website called LGBT PridePath designed to help the LGBTQ+ community “make informed decisions regarding the potential need to relocate, based on LGBTQ+ laws and protections that areindividually important to them, or to compare two locations side-by-side,” according to a press release today (Wednesday, Nov. 19). […]

Washington, D.C. is a safe and welcoming city, known for its rich LGBTQ+ history and abundance of LGBTQ+-friendly spaces.

The Supreme Court of the United States has scheduled oral arguments in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox for Jan. 13, according to a press release from Lambda Legal. The two cases focus on challenges brought by transgender students against laws that categorically ban transgender women and girls like them from athletic programs based on their gender identity, the press […]

Featuring: Susan Tebben (The Ohio Capital Journal), Adam Rhodes (Investigative Reporters and Editors) and Lauren Chapman (Indiana Public Broadcasting).

Marriage equality is safe for now, but LGBTQ+ people must stay vigilant, plan ahead, and keep advocating for their rights.

“Hedda Gabler,” written by the Norwegian playwright Heinrik Ibsen in 1891, eventually became a feminist classic about a strong, passionate, unruly woman bored with her marriage and life, trying unsucc...

President Trump signed EO 14183 titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” on Jan. 27, directing the Department of Defense.

Tello Films returns with The Christmas Writer, a cozy queer holiday romance about love, loss and finding inspiration again—available on VOD Nov. 18.

In November 2024, actor Chloë Grace Moretz came out as gay in a social media post about the presidential election—around six years after she played a gay teenager sent to conversion therapy camp in th...

The Supreme Court declined to revisit the Obergefell v. Hodges decision despite Davis’ latest attempt to challenge marriage equality.

SCOTUS announced Nov. 10 that they would not review Kim Davis' request to revisit her case, a challenge to marriage equality.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition that sought to overturn 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges and create a religious exemption giving government employees a license to discriminate. The petition to reopen the marriage case was filed by Kim Davis, the district clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples […]