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Trump HHS Scraps Protections for Transgender Patients and Those Seeking Abortion
The Trump administration late Friday finalized a health care rule that revokes Obama-era nondiscrimination protections.
Betsy DeVos Is Complicit in Evangelical Right’s Assault on Trans Athletes
The Alliance Defending Freedom, which receives money from DeVos’s family, is suing to keep trans athletes out of sports.
ICE Is Torturing LGBTQ Immigrants by Putting Them in Solitary
The trauma of isolation alongside the stresses of immigration heighten the risk of mental health crises.
South Dakota May Criminalize Lifesaving Health Care for Trans Youth
H.B. 1057 would make it a felony for doctors to provide anyone under the age of 16 transition-related health care.
White House Broadcasts Blatantly Homophobic Sermon Attended by Mike Pence
The White House YouTube page streamed a sermon that claimed homosexuality was caused by demons.
Florida Won’t Cover Transgender Health Care. Two Trans Women Are Suing.
It's the latest legal challenge to state health plans that deny coverage for gender-affirming procedures.
Trump Embraces Anti-LGBTQ Pastor Who Pushed “Conversion Therapy”
Evangelical Pastor Robert Jeffress attempted to save a gay teenager from the “clutches of the Enemy.”
LGBTQ Activists Took on ICE, the Corporatization of Pride, and More in 2019
2019 was a year of incredible protests and radical responses from LGBTQ communities to injustices around the world.
Anti-Trans Discrimination Begins in the Classroom
Trans students' Title IX rights — and the federal definition of “sex” — now hang in the balance.
Conservative Christians Are Making Schools Less Safe for LGBTQ Students
Evidence shows gay-straight alliances make schools safer for all kids, but conservatives want to shut them down.