Oklahoma is requiring student athletes to sign ‘biological sex affidavits’

The policy comes in the wake of a law prohibiting trans youth from playing on the sports team that matches their gender

Health Liberation Now! is challenging the way anti-trans groups weaponize detransition narratives

U.S.-based activist group is finding a way forward when it comes to resisting TERF attacks and fighting for equitable access to healthcare for all

By Misha Pensato

Politics

Twenty-two Republican attorneys general target federal school lunch program

The group argues that the USDA’s anti-discrimination directives restrict their states’ ability to enforce their own laws

By Jackie Richardson

Politics

Even America’s worst senator wants to repeal Texas’ gay sex ban

Republican Ted Cruz says “consenting adults should be able to do what they wish in their private sexual activity”

By Nico Lang

Power

A trans 10-year-old will be able to play girls’ softball again after judge rules against Indiana law

The singling out of trans girls “is unequivocally discrimination on the basis of sex,” ruled the judge

By Nico Lang

Politics

Here’s how Biden is fighting to strengthen healthcare protections for LGBTQ2S+ Americans

A new rule aims to reverse Trump-era efforts to remove non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ2S+ people

By Diamond Yao

Politics

This Republican attended his gay son’s wedding three days after voting against marriage equality bill

Sixty percent of Americans support the legislation, according to a new poll

By Nico Lang

Business

LGBTQ2S+ businesses were disproportionately hurt by the pandemic, but less likely to receive help

Anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate groups, however, reportedly got millions in pandemic loans

By Nico Lang

HIV/AIDS

These 39 countries are still criminalizing people for transmitting HIV during sex

A new report finds that more than 270 people have been arrested for HIV transmission since 2019

By Nico Lang

Politics

Oklahoma small town’s first out gay mayor resigns after being targeted with homophobia and harassment

“Unfortunately, these malicious, bad-faith attacks are escalating and I no longer feel safe to serve in my capacity as mayor”

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Politics

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

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

By Oliver Haug

Power

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

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

By Jackie Richardson

Power

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

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

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Marriage Equality

10 same-sex marriage battlegrounds around the globe

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

By Rob Salerno

Politics

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

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

By Oliver Haug

Power

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

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

By Dika Ofoma

Hate Watch

This hate group claims gay people are pedophiles. The U.S. is taxing it as a church

Family Research Council leaders have also advocated for conversion therapy and claimed trans people are mentally ill

By Jackie Richardson

Politics

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

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

By Jackie Richardson