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US Supreme Court allows trans military ban, for now

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • May 6, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the country’s armed forces to implement President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender servicemembers while the matter continues to be litigated in the federal courts.

Feisty argument over LGBTQ-themed books at US Supreme Court

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Apr 22, 2025

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

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Apr 21, 2025

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.

Analysis: Supreme Court appears poised to ease burden on straights, scrutinize books in school

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Mar 3, 2025

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.

US appeals court rules that LGBTQ school policy did not violate parents' rights

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Feb 26, 2025

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

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  • by analysis by Lisa Keen
  • Feb 24, 2025

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.

Justices lean toward upholding gender care ban

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 4, 2024

Outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Wednesday afternoon, lawyers supporting state bans on hormonal treatments for young people suffering gender dysphoria spoke more bluntly than they did in front of the justices during oral arguments.

Highlights of participants in Supreme Court case

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 4, 2024

Some background information on those involved in the December 4 oral argument of U.S. v. Skrmetti.

Analysis: US Supreme Court to hear trans case

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  • 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.

Baldwin survives US Senate reelection

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 6, 2024

The U.S. Senate's first – and soon its only – LGBTQ member appears to have won reelection, but Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) will now find herself as part of the minority party.

Trump wins bid to return to White House

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 6, 2024

A majority of U.S. voters set aside all evidence of Republican nominee Donald Trump's mental decline, adoration of dictators, criminal convictions, and hostility to the U.S. Constitution and gave him a decisive victory November 5.

What LGBTQ voters should watch for on election night

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Oct 30, 2024

For many people, the specter of November 8, 2016 looms large over Election Day on November 5.

Baldwin, Dems struggle against anti-trans ads

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Oct 14, 2024

With less than three weeks left before the November 5 elections, there are three big questions in the U.S. Senate races for LGBTQ people.

US Supreme Court to hear 2 LGBTQ-related cases

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Oct 8, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court opened its 2024-25 session October 7 with at least 10 LGBTQ-related petitions before it.

Analysis: Biden's debate performance stokes worry among Democrats

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Jun 28, 2024

It is hard to imagine that LGBTQ voters tuned into the presidential debate Thursday night because they need more information before deciding whom to vote for in November.

US appeals court rules for trans athlete

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Apr 17, 2024

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.

US Supreme Court poised to hear LGBTQ-related cases

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Mar 11, 2024

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

Gloria poised for reelection as San Diego's mayor

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Mar 6, 2024

The gay mayor of California's second largest city – San Diego – breezed through Super Tuesday's primary ballot and is poised to be reelected in November.

US Supreme Court rejects appeal of conversion therapy ban

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Dec 12, 2023

LGBTQ legal activists expressed relief Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a therapist who challenged Washington state's law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors.

US Supreme Court declines Florida's request to enforce anti-drag law during appeal

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  • by Lisa Keen
  • Nov 17, 2023

In a surprise move, a 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Florida's request for a stay against a lower court decision that would have enabled the state to enforce its new law banning drag shows under certain circumstances.