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Anti-Trump Demonstrators Crowd Streets, Parks and Plazas Across the US. Organizers Say Millions Came
Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. to protest President Trump, marching through downtowns and small towns, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.
Protests, Parades and Pride: One Week in June 2025 is Drawing Stark American Fault Lines
Today's United States — its possibility, its strength, its divisiveness, its polarization and fragmentation — is encapsulated in a single week in June 2025, its triumphs and frictions on vivid display.
What's Left for the Supreme Court to Decide? 21 Cases, Including State Bans on Transgender Care
The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration's emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal government.
For Jim Obergefell, Protecting Marriage Equality Comes with Keeping Vows to His Husband: 'We Just Wanted to Exist'
"Yes, I'm worried about marriage equality," Jim Obergefell says. His ongoing advocacy for marriage equality is a way of staying faithful to his late husband, but now that progress is in danger of erasure.
Pulse Massacre Survivors Are Set to Revisit the Nightclub Before It's Razed
Survivors and family members are getting their first chance Wednesday to walk through the long-shuttered, LGBTQ+-friendly Florida venue before it's razed.
Southern Baptist Delegates at National Meeting Overwhelmingly Call for Banning Same-Sex Marriage
Southern Baptist delegates at their national meeting overwhelmingly endorsed a ban on same-sex marriage — including a call for a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's 10-year-old precedent legalizing it nationwide.
Trump Seeks Removal from a New Hampshire Lawsuit Challenging his Order on Transgender Athletes
President Donald Trump's administration wants to be dropped from a lawsuit in which two New Hampshire teens are challenging their state's ban on transgender athletes in girls' sports and the president's executive order on the same topic.
Harvey Milk's Name is Ordered Erased from a Navy Ship and Dan Rather's Spot-On Response Goes Viral
The full-court press to erase the names and contributions of minority servicemembers is ongoing, but the order to re-christen a Naval ship named for Harvey Milk drew a tart response from Dan Rather.
Judge Blocks Administration from Enforcing Anti-Diversity and Anti-Transgender Executive Orders
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say are unconstitutional.
Southern Baptists Target Porn, Sports Betting, Same-Sex Marriage and 'Willful Childlessness'
Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and a reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of same-sex marriage.
A Young Trans Woman's Journey, and Her Latest Destination: World Pride in Washington
Bautista says she is the first and only transgender woman to compete in the Miss Supranational pageant. It is part of a lengthier process of embracing her identity — both within herself and to the world.
'Not Just a Party:' World Pride Celebrations End with Defiant Politics on Display
After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday's parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation's capital kicked off on a more downbeat note.
Transgender Troops Face a Deadline and a Difficult Decision: Stay or Go?
As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight.
Lambda Legal, a Nonprofit Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights, Exceeded Fundraising Goal by $105M
The nonprofit legal aid group Lambda Legal, which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, has raised $285 million at a time when attacks on the rights of gay, intersex and transgender people have again intensified.
A Judge Tells Federal Agencies They Can't Enforce Anti-trans Bias Policies Against Catholic Groups
Two federal agencies cannot punish Catholic employers and health care providers if they refuse to provide gender-affirming care or won't provide health insurance coverage for such care to trans workers.
Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Claim 'Reverse Discrimination' in Employment, in a Case Involving a Straight Woman
A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn't get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.
Jury Convicts Wisconsin Inmate Accused of Killing Cellmate for Being Black and Gay
A Wisconsin man doing time for trying to kill his mother was convicted Wednesday of strangling his cellmate to death.
San Francisco Leaders Blast Trump for Trying to Erase Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk's Name from Ship
Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from a U.S. naval ship, and especially during Pride Month, when people gather to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Nebraska is the Latest State to Ban Transgender Students from Girls' Sports
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed into law Wednesday a measure banning transgender students from girls' sports, making the state the latest to keep transgender athletes from competing on women's and girls' teams.
Hegseth Orders the Name of Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk Scrubbed from Navy Ship
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who served as a sailor during the Korean War.