This LGBTQ+ nonprofit just raised $285M to challenge legislative attacks on queer lives
“We will not go back,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings told The Advocate.
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California LGBTQ+ Groups condemn Trump’s ‘dangerous’ crackdown on L.A. immigration protesters
As immigration raids and protests sweep LA, California's queer groups say "LGBTQ+ immigrants are especially vulnerable."
June 09 2025 11:59 AM
ICE detained a trans migrant at her asylum hearing. Her lawyers still can't contact her
Attorneys for a transgender woman say they still haven't been able to contact her after she was arrested during her asylum hearing.
June 04 2025 5:04 PM
Transgender teens sue Kansas over 'harmful' gender-affirming care ban
Kansas' gender-affirming care ban "impermissibly infringes" on parents' "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children," a new lawsuit asserts.
May 29 2025 12:18 PM
Two teens face hate crimes charges in McDonald's lesbian attack
The attack left Kady Grass with multiple injuries and PTSD. Here's how you can help donate to her medical expenses and recovery.
May 28 2025 5:55 PM
Supreme Court declines to hear case involving Massachusetts school's ban on 'only two genders' t-shirt
The move leaves in place lower court rulings approving a school's ban on the shirt. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the decision to decline the case.
May 28 2025 11:05 AM
Massachusetts federal judge orders gay asylum-seeker deported under Trump returned to U.S.
“The Court finds that the public benefits from living in a country where rules are followed and where promises are kept,” Judge Brian E. Murphy wrote.
May 23 2025 11:01 PM
Gay Guatemalan asylum-seeker deported by Trump by mistake pleads for lifeline in federal court
“I am the smallest version of myself because I have so much more fear, the man told a Massachusetts district court.
May 23 2025 5:44 PM
Skeptical California federal judge grills Trump DOJ over anti-trans & anti-DEI orders
“To me, that sounds incredibly vague,” Judge Jon Tiger told Trump administration lawyers.
May 23 2025 4:17 PM
SCOTUS rules against nation's first religious charter school
A split decision keeps in place a lower court ruling barring St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma from accessing funds in the state's charter school program.
May 22 2025 11:46 AM
Supreme Court halts Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under Alien Enemies Act
Deporting people this way “surely does not pass muster,” the justices wrote.
May 16 2025 5:13 PM
Pete Hegseth is trying to force this transgender soldier out of the military. He won't leave voluntarily
The Trump administration says he and people like him lack "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle."
May 15 2025 7:58 AM
Colorado lawmakers send weakened trans shield bill to Gov. Jared Polis
Colorado’s legislature passed The Kelly Loving Act, named after a trans woman who was killed in the 2022 Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs.
May 08 2025 9:51 PM
Legal team tells D.C. appeals court Hegseth’s words show Trump’s trans military ban is about hate, not policy
Attorneys say the Talbott case hinges on a district court judge's opinion that the Trump administration policy is "soaked with animus."
May 07 2025 3:38 PM
Pittsburgh police raid LGBTQ+ bar during drag show featuring Amanda Lepore
What the owners of P Town have called a "surprise inspection" has been described by attendees as reminiscent of past police raids of gay establishments.
May 05 2025 4:41 PM
Decorated pilot's lawyers urge Supreme Court to uphold block on Trump’s trans military ban
Attorneys argue the ban “fails under any level of review,” citing a “shocking proposition that transgender people do not exist.”
May 02 2025 5:45 PM
Transgender service members warn SCOTUS of ‘Un-American’ purge if Trump ban is reinstated
It would be “unprecedented and un-American,” lawyers argued.
May 02 2025 11:26 AM
Kim Davis, who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses, will appeal case to Supreme Court
The Kentucky clerk who denied same-sex couples marriage licenses is trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality.
May 01 2025 12:09 PM
Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care
The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 on Tuesday to pass gender-affirming care protections while rejecting proposed anti-trans amendments.
April 30 2025 12:54 PM
George Santos begs Trump for pardon after judge handed down 7-year sentence
A federal judge sentenced the out former Republican lawmaker to 87 months in prison.
April 27 2025 6:06 PM