News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Moral March in Raleigh - Protester holding rainbow flag

Jan 15, 2019

In North Carolina, Domestic Violence Laws Still Discriminate Against LGBTQ People

From left to right: Drag Queen Storyteller Santana Pilar Andrews, with ACLU of Louisiana clients Amber Robinson and Matthew Humphrey.

Jan 8, 2019

Despite the Efforts of Anti-LGBTQ Extremists, ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ Will Go On

Nov 29, 2018

A Shifting Landscape for Transgender Rights

Nov 20, 2018

#WontBeErased, Won’t Be Forgotten, Won’t Be Alone

Nov 5, 2018

A Tax-Funded Child Welfare Agency in Philadelphia Wants to Turn Away Same-Sex Couples Like Us

Nov 2, 2018

Catholic Social Services Wants a License to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Foster Families

Oct 25, 2018

My Boss Fired Me From My Funeral Home Job for Being Transgender

Oct 24, 2018

Aimee Stephens Was Fired Because She Is Transgender. That’s Sex Discrimination.

White Protest with poster: No Body is Illegal

Oct 22, 2018

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Trans People, but the Law Clearly Protects Them

Oct 11, 2018

Jury Sends Wisconsin a $780,000 Bill for Denying Health Care to Two Transgender Workers