A three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled April 16 that West Virginia's law barring transgender female students from participating on female student sports teams violates federal law.

The now-shuttered nonprofit that was part of San Francisco's Our Trans Home program settled a race and sexual discrimination complaint earlier this year with a trans woman who alleges she was mistreated.

A federal court threw out a lawsuit April 8 that claimed California's Transgender State of Refuge law is unconstitutional.

With the U.S. Senate confirmation of a lesbian federal bench nominee, President Joe Biden has now tied former President Barack Obama's record of 11 openly LGBTQ federal judges.

A transgender adult film star's quest to change her name to Candi Bimbo Doll was granted after an appellate court overturned a San Francisco judge's decision to deny the request.

A married gay couple is suing the San Diego Unified School District, an elementary school, and a principal in federal court because they allege false public statements suggest they are attracted to children.

More than halfway through its 2023-24 session, the U.S. Supreme Court has dispensed with three appeals in ways that help LGBTQ people.

Back in 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom ballyhooed his picking a transgender applicant for the first time to fill a judicial vacancy.

A San Francisco butch lesbian bartender is suing the Red Lobster casual dining chain, alleging that her supervisor discriminated against her in violation of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.

A conservative group is suing the state of California over the title and summary Attorney General Rob Bonta assigned to its ballot measure on transgender minors.

A second conservative group has filed a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco due to a program that seeks to provide guaranteed income to some transgender people.

The call Bentrish Satarzadeh had been waiting five years to receive came last Tuesday when she heard from Governor Gavin Newsom's office that he was appointing her to a vacancy on the Alameda County Superior Court.

State Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued a legal alert to school districts warning them against forced outing policies for trans and gender-nonconforming students.

A transgender woman fired by a San Francisco-based nonprofit has filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation after she said that she was harassed by a supervisor and terminated after she complained.