Black trans woman Jaida Peterson killed in North Carolina
Jaida PetersonPhoto: Facebook/via HRC Jaida Peterson, who was Black and transgender, was found dead in a hotel room in North Carolina on Sunday, April 4.…
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This video destroys Republican support for transgender sports bans
Missouri lawmaker who didn’t do his homework before introducing an anti-trans billPhoto: Screenshot/HRC HRC just released a damning video that shows just how little Republican…
Most Republicans support marriage equality & LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections now
A new poll shows that the majority of Republicans support marriage equality for the first time, and a majority of them still support LGBTQ anti-discrimination…
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks on LGBTQ equality at Seder celebration
Doug Emhoff speaking at the Virtual National Rainbow Seder.Photo: Screenshot/Human Rights Campaign Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse to a Vice President of…
Arkansas legislature passes bill to allow EMTs & doctors to refuse to treat LGBTQ people
A proposed legislation that is being called one of the “most extreme and deadly anti-LGBTQ healthcare bill” seen in years is heading to the governor’s…
70% of voters support the Equality Act even as Senate Republicans try to stop it
Scene from Pride in NYCPhoto: Shutterstock A new poll found that 70 percent of voters support the Equality Act, the landmark legislation that would add…
Susan Collins demands bigger religious exemptions for her to support the Equality Act again
Sen. Susan CollinsPhoto: US Congress Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has finally explained her objections to the Equality Act, the landmark bill that would ban discrimination…
Biden administration issues strong statement urging passage of LGBTQ civil rights bill
A demonstrator holds a rainbow flag up to the fence surrounding the White House in Washington, DC during the National Equality March for LGBT rights…
Ellen gives her mom a butch buzz cut for her 90th birthday
Ellen’s birthday present to her mom.Photo: Screenshot/Instagram Ellen’s mother Betty DeGeneres just turned 90-years-old, and she got a present befitting a PFLAG mom: a butch…
Puerto Rico would take an axe to LGBTQ rights as part of a sketchy political deal
San Juan, Puerto Rico capitol.Photo: Shutterstock This week, legislators in Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives and the Senate rushed through changes in the country’s 600-page…