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Report finds 266,000 LGBTQ+ young people left states with anti-LGBTQ laws

January 22, 2025

A new report estimates that roughly 266,000 LGBTQ+ young people and their families have uprooted their lives and left a state because of anti-LGBTQ politics or laws.

Trump signs anti-trans executive order

by John Ferrannini
Jan 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring the federal government will only recognize two genders — male and female — shortly after returning to power January 20, prompting criticism from LGBTQ activists.

LGBTQ Agenda: Pride Bands Alliance won't march in Inauguration Day parade

by John Ferrannini
Jan 14, 2025

The Pride Bands Alliance, a national group of LGBTQ marching bands, has opted not to participate in the inaugural parade for President-elect Donald Trump next week.

Business Briefing: Group connects Black marine scientists

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jan 8, 2025

When she first became a marine scientist, Tiara Moore, Ph.D., didn't feel like she could be out as pansexual.

LGBTQ vets, feds come to DADT settlement agreement

by John Ferrannini
Jan 7, 2025

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.

Biden awards marriage equality trailblazers

by John Ferrannini
Jan 3, 2025

Outgoing President Joe Biden awarded high honors to three champions of LGBTQ equality shortly after the new year.

Former President Jimmy Carter, supporter of LGBTQ rights, dies at 100

by Lou Chibbaro Jr., Washington Blade
Dec 29, 2024

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is being remembered by both admirers and political observers as a progressive Southern Democrat and former Georgia governor who pushed for an end to racial injustice in the U.S.

LGBTQ Agenda: Activists, Speaker Johnson agree on KOSA free speech concerns

by John Ferrannini
Dec 17, 2024

Activists fighting the Kids Online Safety Act — which passed the United States Senate earlier this year — have found an unlikely ally in House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), who said he, too, has free speech concerns with the bipartisan legislation.

HIV/AIDS advocates fret about potential cuts under GOP trifecta

by John Ferrannini
Dec 4, 2024

Elections have consequences, and HIV/AIDS advocates are worried about potential cuts as Republicans take over both houses of Congress and the presidency in January.

Nonbinary hairstylist in Virginia gives clients the gender-affirming cuts they want

by JL Odom
Dec 2, 2024

Every nonbinary and trans person's gender-affirming care is specific to them.

Trump taps gay man for Treasury secretary

by Christopher Kane, Washington Blade
Nov 27, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated gay billionaire hedge fund executive Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary.

Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

by Lisa Keen
Nov 26, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon take up an important legal question concerning whether states can ban medical treatment for gender dysphoria in youth.

LGBTQ Agenda: Gay Colorado Governor Polis co-chairing new democracy group

by John Ferrannini
Nov 26, 2024

Gay Colorado Governor Jared Polis is joining Illinois Governor JB Pritzker in launching a new organization to stand up for democracy on the state level.

National trans scholarship initiative takes shape in SF

by JL Odom
Nov 20, 2024

A national initiative centering on advancing trans and nonbinary scholarship is underway, and its roots are in San Francisco.

House speaker bars trans women from restrooms on Transgender Day of Remembrance

by Christopher Kane, Washington Blade
Nov 20, 2024

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has barred transgender women from using women's restrooms on the House side of the U.S. Capitol and the House office buildings, his office announced in a statement on Wednesday.

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