Bridging the gap between LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and civil rights organizations was the overarching motif as NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous helped kick off the National Gay ...

Japanese LGBTQ activists and rights groups have launched a civil “engagement group” to make policy proposals ahead of the ...

This month has not been the greatest month for LGBT civil rights. On July 6, the New York Court of Appeals (the state's highest court) ruled 4-2 that it is constitutional to deny same-sex couples the ...

LGBT advocates are praising President Barack Obama’s selection of two appointees to six-year terms on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. On Thursday, Obama appointed Assistant Secretary of Education ...

In the second installment of the ACLU’s election 2024 memo series, our experts detail the threats a potential second Trump administration poses to the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender people.

If the Supreme Court decides to overturn or gut the decision that legalized abortion, some fear that it could undermine other precedent-setting cases, including civil rights and LGBTQ protections.

Harmeet Dhillon, a California attorney and prominent conservative activist, was confirmed on April 3, 2025, as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in a 52–45 Senate vote. Her appointment has ...

As trans folks flee red states, Seattle wants to be ready to support them.

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania was once first in the nation when it comes to protecting the rights of LGBTQ citizens. The problem is, advocates say, that it was 50 years ago, and the Commonwealth has fallen ...

New York Times author and journalist Erik Piepenburg reveals the history of LGBTQ restaurants as vital spaces of community in his new book Dining Out. Dining Out discusses how people in the LGBTQ ...