The Respect for Marriage Act is a direct response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson last month

Twenty states sued the Biden administration to halt enforcement of the trans-affirming guidelines

Contenders in the race have hinted at support for banning trans women from sports and restricting trans access to public restrooms

Hungary has also outlawed same-sex adoptions and banned trans people from correcting their legal gender

New guidelines on queer blood donations have been met with criticism, however, from some LGBTQ2S+ activists

Xtra catches up with the out gay Liberal MP on this initiative and more

With the help of a $10,000 grant from the It Gets Better Project, the initiative will allow students to change into clothing that expresses who they are

The U.S. Supreme Court may be threatening to reverse progress on LGBTQ2S+ rights, but countries the world over are pushing marriage equality forward

A new policy in one school district could potentially require schools to out trans students

Critics say a proposed law “will allow the Iraqi government to legally get away with murder”

Meanwhile, a new poll finds that a majority of Texans support the rights of trans youth to gender-affirming care

Government leaders are also cracking down on depictions of bisexuality and polyamory

Individuals convicted faced life in prison under the now repealed law

The sentence follows reports of a gay man being executed in Iran over “sodomy” charges

OPINION: A National Defence report on systemic racism and discrimination landed in the spring with little fanfare

“I’m terrified I might be here forever,” she writes

Spain and Germany are the latest countries to move forward with gender self-determination policies

The resolution would expand access to gender-affirming medical care and outlaw conversion therapy

Politics

The U.S. Supreme Court is threatening marriage equality. These lawmakers want to protect it

A Trump-appointed judge just blocked federal protections for U.S. trans students

Boris Johnson was a transphobic disaster. The next U.K. prime minister could be worse

The EU is officially suing Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ law

A majority of Canadians support the repeal of queer blood ban, according to poll

Rob Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, raises LGBTQ+ issues in Africa

This red state high school is creating a gender-affirming closet to support trans and non-binary students

10 same-sex marriage battlegrounds around the globe

Florida schools are targeting LGBTQ2S+ students in wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Iraq is poised to outlaw homosexuality for the first time in almost 20 years

Texas court blocks ‘child abuse’ investigations into two affirming families of trans youth

Russia wants to expand ‘propaganda’ ban to prevent adults from accessing pro-LGBTQ+ information

Antigua and Barbuda strikes down law criminalizing gay sex in victory for LGBTQ+ community

Three Nigerian men will be stoned to death following homosexuality conviction

Can the Canadian Forces address their toxic culture?

Brittney Griner pleads for release in letter to Biden: ‘Please don’t forget about me’

These two countries are making it easier for trans people to correct their legal gender

These U.S. lawmakers want to pass a Trans Bill of Rights to protect trans Americans from discrimination