Tag: LGBTQ

Nearly 50 years later, LGBTQ candidates have made historic strides in political representation.

"LGBTQI people have a right to the same protections as everyone else, and they deserve to be able to live their lives without fear of discrimination—something the Supreme Court has affirmed today.”

From closing the wage gap and protecting reproductive rights to ending gender-based sexual exploitation, the push to support and empower women and nonbinary people has roots that date back generations.

In 29 states, trans people can legally be denied jobs and housing because of who we are. Congress should act.

Fifty years ago today, just after midnight, at 1:30 in the morning on June 28, 1969, New York City police officers raided...

Layleen’s death came at the beginning of Pride Month and just one day after the NYPD apologized for the first time for its raid a half-century ago on the Stonewall Inn, a gay- and trans-friendly bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

Straight pride is already well-represented in everything from children’s books to rom-coms to music videos.

“The ACLU will fight back against this attempt to write discrimination into the law. Shelters funded by taxpayers should be open to all – period.”

If enacted, the proposal would reverse the expansion of transgender rights that took place under President Barack Obama.

It’s time for the international community to take a stand. A new treaty could affect people’s rights for generations to come.