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![Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with son Nathan Davis, a deputy clerk, reads a statement to the press outside the Rowan County Courthouse on September 14, 2015, in Morehead, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0724-kim-davis-800x600.jpg)
Kim Davis Files Legal Challenge to 2015 SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Davis tried to deny a marriage license to a same-sex couple in 2015, citing her far right religious views.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-mtg-400x300.jpg)
GOP Speakers at First Night of RNC Attack Transgender Youth
“The language of hate has an emotional cost,” said Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz.
![A protester holds a sign reading "hate does not make America great" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates
Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
![Cops drag a black-clad protester away](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-straight-pride-cops-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Alternative to Project 2025, “Agenda 47,” Is Also Extreme and Anti-LGBTQ
Trump is trying to woo moderate voters, but his policy platform is also a far right attack on queerness in public life.
![People in bleachers raise a banner reading "PROTECT TRANS RIGHTS" during a sporting event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Even When Trans Women Win Transfers to Women’s Prisons, They Still Aren’t Safe
Many states are rolling back policies allowing trans people to be placed in prisons aligned with their gender identity.
![Thousands of New Yorkers take to the streets to protest a ban on transgender people serving in the military on July 26, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Policy Pushed by Project 2025 Passes Dem-Controlled Senate Committee
Transgender care for members of the military and their dependents is under threat more than ever before.
![President Joe Biden speaks to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-biden-400x300.jpg)
Confusing White House Statement on Trans Youth Care Leads to Backlash
The original statement by a White House spokesperson suggested that some types of care “should be limited to adults.”
![Student protest against Katy ISD's transgender policy outside the school districts educational support complex on August 30, 2023 in Katy, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-Trans-Rights-texas-400x300.jpg)
Texas Supreme Court Says Parental Rights Don’t Extend to Gender-Affirming Care
The court ruled that parents only have the right to seek medical care for their children that is “legally available.”
![The Montana State Capitol Building is pictured in Helena, Montana.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0627-montana-400x300.jpg)
Montana Judge Overturns Law That Erased Legal Recognition of Transgender People
Judge Shane Vannatta struck down the law on a technicality, ruling that the bill's title is unconstitutionally vague.
![US Capitol with LGBTQ Pride flag overlaid](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0626-lgbtq-400x300.jpg)
LGBTQ Lawmaker Representation Increased 190 Percent Over Past 7 Years — Report
Despite gains in elected positions in every state of the US, there is still a noticeable LGBTQ “representation gap.”
![The U.S. Supreme Court Building is seen on April 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-supreme-court-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
Bans on gender-affirming care are “medically unsound” and “a violation of fundamental human rights,” one advocate said.
![Sandra Muñoz sits for a portrait and holds a photo of her husband](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-sandra-munoz-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling Imperils Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Lives
“Department of State v. Muñoz” could be used to undermine the right to same-sex marriage.
![A group of marchers holds a banner that reads, "No Pride In Genocide" during the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 2, 2024, in West Hollywood, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2155965308-400x300.jpg)
Queer Activists Are Making BDS a Key Question of Pride This Year
LGBTQ people are pushing Pride events to reject pinkwashing, endorse BDS and show solidarity with Palestine.