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Feisty argument over LGBTQ-themed books at US Supreme Court
The justices wrestled over whether parents of four elementary school-aged children in a Maryland public school should be able to opt out their students from English lessons that incorporate stories about LGBTQ people.
US Supreme Court hears PrEP case
No one talked about HIV prevention drugs or breast cancer screenings at the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, April 21, but federal funding for those critical medical efforts and others were at jeopardy in the case before it.
Federal judge blocks Trump's trans military ban
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members, which was scheduled to take effect on Friday.
Analysis: Supreme Court appears poised to ease burden on straights, scrutinize books in school
Longtime observers of the U.S. Supreme Court might have been wondering last Wednesday why the court would have spent its scarce oral argument time on an issue that all sides already agree on.
Bondi sends state AGs warning to comply with Trump trans athlete order
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning three state attorneys general – including California's – they must comply with President Donald Trump's executive order on transgender girls and women's participation in female sports.
US appeals court rules that LGBTQ school policy did not violate parents' rights
A federal appeals court has ruled that a public school does not violate parents' rights when school officials do not inform them that their child is grappling with the possibility or reality of being LGBTQ.
US Supreme Court to hear straight woman's 'reverse' discrimination case
While the eyes of the world look on in disbelief at the dismantling of the U.S. government, the U.S. Supreme Court dances on.
California LGBTQ nonprofits join Lambda Legal lawsuit against Trump administration over DEI
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the San Francisco Community Health Center joined six other nonprofits in suing the Trump administration over DEI initiatives and the erasure of the transgender community.
State appeal court rules against Bakersfield baker in same-sex wedding case
A state appeal court ruled February 12 that a Bakersfield bakery didn't have the right not to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.
Federal judge blocks Trump's order on trans medical care
President Donald Trump suffered a legal setback Thursday when a federal judge in Baltimore issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of his executive order on medical care for trans people under 19.
At Stonewall Awards event, ABA leaders recommit to diversity efforts
Leaders of the American Bar Association told LGBTQ attorneys and others that they will not retreat from diversity efforts at the national legal organization.
Political Notes: LGBTQ elders nonprofit fights Trump over funding freeze
When it comes to filing lawsuits against the federal government over LGBTQ matters, it's groups like Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, or GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders that are usually front and center.
LGBTQ vets, feds come to DADT settlement agreement
LGBTQ veterans discharged under the military's former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy have reached a settlement agreement in their class action lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Defense.
SF supervisors settle 1 suit against trans income program
The SF Board of Supervisors this week voted to settle one of two lawsuits against Mayor London Breed and other city leaders brought by a conservative group due to a now-lapsed program that sought to provide guaranteed income to some transgender people.