Teachers in red states that witness anti-LGBTQ+ bullying say they risk disciplinary action & community backlash for intervening.

Lula running against Jair Bolsonaro’s son in presidential contest.

TransLucent is Proud to announce that Alan Cumming has become our latest Patron.

The Michigan governor called equality smart politics, and Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson said candidates cannot be “anti-trans and pro-equality.”

A ballot measure which purports to simply ban trans athletes from participating in sports could have further-reaching consequences for students regardless of gender, but you wouldn’t hear that from the...

A transgender student at Charles R. Drew High School will not be allowed to run for homecoming queen.

Saturday night, Fairview High School held its annual homecoming dance, but this year, the celebration was the subject of controversy. Prior to the dance, upperclassmen students voted a transgender …

When people in power define queerness or transness as mental illnesses, it acts as a justification for rolling back the hard-won autonomy of LGBTQ+ people to be in control of their own lives.​

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

The Stand by Me and Star Trek star gets candid with The Advocate about his gay fans, standing up for trans rights, childhood pain, and finding his people.

Talarico, under fire for seemingly walking back some of his support for trans rights, recently promised to “fight for trans kids” and stressed that his pro-trans positions “haven’t changed.”

Jonathan McKinsey's in-laws, who are both 77 years old, face multiple charges including first-degree murder.

OTTAWA - LGBTQ+ advocates were in Ottawa on Monday asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms

The governor signed six LGBTQ+ bills addressing medical privacy, HIV prevention, support for discharged service members, and protections for young people.

Two posts pushing back against Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s anti-trans ads have been removed.

Protesters gathered outside UPMC Children’s Hospital after the hospital system agreed to stop providing gender-affirming medical care to patients under 19.

This corresponds with a modest, but growing, trend: Democrats are capitalizing on anti-trans hysteria, or otherwise leaning into Republican narratives on so-called culture war issues.

The Trump administration finalized its repeal of Title IX protections for LGTBQ students on Monday in a reversal of a Biden administration policy.

The Democrat turn on trans rights should be a warning to Canadian progressives LGBTQ+ advocates were in Ottawa on Monday asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transgender people. For transgender Muslims in Kelantan, quiet family acceptance at home contrasts […]

The administration wants trans voters to think about how they have "benefited" from Trump's second term in office.

Concerns have been raised about the future of LGBTQ+ rights in Colombia after the government of President Abelardo de la Espriella withdrew the country from the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC), one of the world's largest international alliances promoting LGBTQ+ equality. Founded in 2016, the ERC brings together more than

Folks have called Luanne James "a guardian of books" & "a true American Patriot" for refusing to comply with the anti-LGBTQ+ order.

Six nonbinary people sued to get a gender marker that wasn't M or F. The court said that this would out them as nonbinary.

A commentator claimed "his administration was quite hostile toward biological women" since it promoted trans-inclusive policies.

Cathy Renna of the National LGBTQ Task Force says the rollback weakens protections for trans students, women and girls, and students who experience sexual violence.

SCOTUS could further restrict rights of trans inmates

Between a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission case and the 2028 election, agreements between the Department of Justice and Pittsburgh’s big health system could end before 2036. Trans community members say even two years is too long.

For transgender Muslims in Kelantan, quiet family acceptance at home contrasts with growing fear of sharia crackdowns.

Ash Franzetti didn’t have the words for it when she realized she was transgender as a preteen in the ’90s. She just remembers watching the...

Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community

Trans children in the UK are the targets of an escalating moral panic, centred around access to affirmative adolescent healthcare. Combining moral panic theory ...

The state removed its affirmation requirement after settling a case brought by a prospective adoptive parent.

In elections across Canada, centre and left-wing politicians can’t let anti-trans arguments set the terms of the conversation

Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning.

“People are ready to move past the culture wars,” said Joanna Whaley, a transgender woman who is running for state representative in District 2, covering Lincoln Park, Allen Park, Melvindale and part of Southgate.

Republican former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz summed up a large portion of the GOP’s midterm message this week when he responded to a man who said he was voting Democratic for the first time ever.

OLYMPIA – Washington voters will decide this fall whether transgender athletes can continue to compete in girls’ sports in K-12 schools.

In an exclusive interview ahead of the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner, the Michigan governor highlighted her wins in a swing state and urged allies to stand with the entire LGBTQ+ community.

Two years ago, President Donald Trump’s campaign buried Vice President Kamala Harris with ads on transgender issues as he stormed back into the White House.

Naomi Watts supports trans daughter Kai Schreiber at Milan Fashion Week Ellie Goulding shuts down anti-trans fan: ‘We don’t tolerate any anti LGBTQ+ in the fandom’ A transgender woman and her partner were pepper-sprayed and physically attacked while walking to work in Miami-Dade. “Legislation anxiety” is plaguing trans people nationwide US Politics Newsom signs bills […]

There is "an environment of fear no matter where I go,” said one participant in a new study.

A transgender woman and her partner were pepper-sprayed and physically attacked while walking to work in Miami-Dade. Police are investigating.

Pop star Ellie Goulding has been praised by LGBTQ+ fans after publicly calling out an anti-trans comment from one of her followers on social media. The singer responded after a fan account tagged her in a post praising her recent fashion choices, claiming they preferred her current “feminine” looks

Actor Naomi Watts has once again shown her support for her trans daughter, Kai Schreiber, after the pair made a high-profile appearance during Milan Fashion Week. Schreiber, 17, has quickly emerged as one of fashion's rising stars, with the daughter of Watts and actor Liev Schreiber attracting growing

A moderator enforced a boundary in Delaware. In Texas, a city council denied a church’s Pride permit. Oregon won its appeal to keep housing trans women in men’s prisons.

The politics obscures a basic fact: Schools do not put children in foster care. No child is removed by DCF because they disagree with their parents about being transgender, or anything else.

Newsom signs bills aimed at protecting LGBTQ people, citing recent rollbacks and attacks from the Trump administration.

A federal judge said the advocacy groups did not have standing because they do not provide goods or services that could be denied to the public in a discriminatory way.