1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (891+ words) As the Trump administration ramps up attacks on transgender rights at the federal level, Vermont lawmakers are heading in the opposite direction. This week, the state Legislature passed H. 550, a sweeping bill designed to strengthen protections for incarcerated transgender people. Advocates…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (840+ words) The birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement is now officially considered at risk. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced this week that the Stonewall National Monument has been added to its 2026 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places,…...

2+ day, 10+ min ago  (590+ words) South Carolina Gov. Henry Mc Master has signed a new law that reshapes how public schools and universities handle bathrooms, locker rooms, and student housing, while allowing outdoor portable toilets as a fallback option for transgender students when single-user restrooms…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (858+ words) They're building their own future. And through it all, Haddock keeps coming back to one thing: hope. "Hope grounds us because we know that once you lose hope, you have nowhere to go," he told me. "So, we come in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (701+ words) Colorado lawmakers have passed a new bill designed to strengthen protections for LGBTQ+ youth against conversion therapy after the U. S. Supreme Court raised constitutional concerns about the state's previous ban earlier this year. HB26-1322 cleared the Colorado General Assembly on May 7 and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1030+ words) By: Mashaun D. Simon According to Dr. David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Collective, the Supreme Court's ruling in Chiles v. Salazar does not legalize these practices, but it does open the door to the possibility. "We need to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (636+ words) A new federal proposal is drawing sharp criticism from LGBTQ advocacy groups, who say it could reshape how schools support transgender and nonbinary students across the country. The bill, H. R. 2616, formally titled the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (698+ words) The measure was introduced by District 2 Councilman Jalen Mc Kee-Rodriguez, the first openly gay Black man elected to the council. The proclamation frames trans history as an essential part of broader civil rights education, noting the need to confront misinformation…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (888+ words) When Jenique Jones talks about hunger, she doesn't start with statistics. She starts with memory. In an exclusive conversation, the Why Hunger executive director traced her understanding of food inequity back to her childhood in Harlem during the crack epidemic,…...

1+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (591+ words) Housing Works has never been a traditional nonprofit. Born at the height of the AIDS crisis, the New York-based organization built its identity around urgency, survival, and community care. Thirty-five years later, that same structure is now fueling an unexpected…...