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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed anti-trans student-athlete bill

One LGBTQ+ advocate said the new law shows how Republicans like to "play political games and bully transgender children."

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.”

Illinois governor says don’t blame trans kids for losses by ‘do-nothing Democrats’ in fiery speech

The Democrat, J.B. Pritzker, took his party to task in the wake of Donald Trump's authoritarianism.

Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

Target foot traffic down for 10th consecutive week amid boycott over DEI abandonment

Meanwhile, Costco which rejected calls to abandon its DEI efforts marked its sixteenth straight week of increasing foot traffic.

Activists stack coffins in front of State Department to protest PEPFAR cuts (in photos)

The gutting of the global HIV-fighting program could bring back "the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic," says the Human Rights Campaign's Matt Rose.

U.S. activists call U.K. anti-trans ruling 'a serious blow' to human rights

Some worry it will affect trans rights in the U.S. and other countries.

Rachel Levine's potential replacement once said trans youth should undergo 'corrective care'

Also, while the Alabama doctor says he’s never treated transgender patients, records reveal that he did offer surgical care to transgender men.

'Andy, that's not true:' Texas Republican mocked after admitting he doesn't know what intersex is

Republican Rep. Andy Hopper admitted he doesn't know what being intersex is while trying to cut funding for universities over LGBTQ+ programs.

HRC honors Jonathan Capehart, Ina Fried, and Nico Lang for LGBTQ+ journalism that breaks through the noise

The honorees will be celebrated during White House Correspondents' Dinner week.

Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding

Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”

Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas AG Ken Paxton announces U.S. Senate bid

The very MAGA Paxton will challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican primary next year.

Senate Republicans are trying to tie Democrat Jon Ossoff to anti-trans smear

The GOP are recycling the playbook Donald Trump used to attack Kamala Harris on culture war issues.

These 26 major companies still have DEI practices

While some large corporations are ending DEI programs due to conservative backlash, these companies are staying strong.

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Appeals court denies Trump DOJ’s request to halt injunction on trans military ban — for now

Two federal appeals courts are considering whether to allow the ban to proceed until the case is resolved.

Could Florida's most anti-transgender Republican lose a special election for Congress?

Even in a district Donald Trump won by 30 points last year, a Democrat might beat state Sen. Randy Fine, a lawmaker who has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQ+ bills.

Another judge blocks the Pentagon from implementing Trump's transgender military ban

Donald Trump's Department of Justice has had a difficult few days in court as the administration continues to try to ban transgender people from military service.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker stands up for LGBTQ+ community in fiery HRC speech

The governor particularly spoke out for transgender youth, saying we must not sacrifice the most persecuted for the most popular.

Disney shareholders vote overwhelmingly to continue in Human Rights Campaign index

An anti-LGBTQ+ group had urged the company to pull out of the "woke" index.

LGBTQ+ advocates warn DNC against softening position on trans rights

It is not the time to throw any marginalized people overboard, the groups say.

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