• Social media platforms fail to stop LGBTQ hate speech, according to GLAAD report

    Social media platforms fail to stop LGBTQ hate speech, according to GLAAD report

    Jul 13, 2022 04:32 PM EDT

    ... for violating rules designed to protect LGBTQ users. GLAAD's report examines the policies and actions Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter have implemented around LGBTQ issues. All of the social media platforms have outlined policies that are designed to prevent LGBTQ users from being harassed, threatened or discriminated against ...

  • 30 detained after Turkish police break up LGBTQ Pride march

    30 detained after Turkish police break up LGBTQ Pride march

    Jul 05, 2022 07:52 PM EDT

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police in Turkey's capital broke up an LGBTQ Pride march Tuesday and detained dozens of people. Turkish authorities have banned LGBTQ events, but around 50 people holding rainbow flags nevertheless marched toward a main park to mark the end of Pride Month. Police officers prevented the ...

  • After Supreme Court abortion decision, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

    After Supreme Court abortion decision, some fear rollback of LGBTQ and other rights

    Jun 24, 2022 06:16 PM EDT

    ... contraception and gay marriage: “This is an extreme and dangerous path.” Then there is Thomas' concurring opinion, which Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the pro-LGBTQ-rights Human Rights Campaign, called an invitation for “stirring up fringe organizations, fringe politicians who want to harm the LGBTQ community.” “There are clearly ...

  • Biden administration proposes new protections for LGBTQ students, sexual assault survivors

    Biden administration proposes new protections for LGBTQ students, sexual assault survivors

    Jun 23, 2022 10:25 PM EDT

    The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new rules for how schools must treat sex discrimination under Title IX. If approved, the regulations would reverse Trump-era rules that limited the scope of sexual assault investigations on campuses. The Washington Post's Moriah Balingit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the administration's proposal to level the playing field.

  • President Biden issues executive orders to counter state actions he sees as anti-LGBTQ

    President Biden issues executive orders to counter state actions he sees as anti-LGBTQ

    Jun 15, 2022 06:23 PM EDT

    ... LGBTQ students in public schools. The orders will bolster programs that address the issue of suicide among LGBTQ children and will make adoptions easier for LGBTQ parents and children, White House officials said. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were to host a reception later Wednesday featuring LGBTQ activists, members ...

  • WATCH: President Biden signs order pushing back against state anti-LGBTQ laws

    WATCH: President Biden signs order pushing back against state anti-LGBTQ laws

    Jun 15, 2022 04:51 PM EDT

    Actions listed within the order attempt to bolster programs better addressing the issue of suicide among LGBTQ children and seek to make adoptions easier for LGBTQ parents and children. “It shouldn’t take courage to be yourself,” said Jill Biden, who noted that it was a little too hot and ...

  • Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community

    Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community

    Jun 14, 2022 10:30 PM EDT

    There have been several recent incidents where far-right, white supremacist groups have targeted LGBTQ people, including last weekend at a pride event in Idaho and a during a drag story hour at a library in California. J.M. Berger, a writer and researcher who focuses on extremist ideologies and has written four books on the topic,...

  • Nebraska's capital city rescinds LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance four months after approval

    Nebraska's capital city rescinds LGBTQ anti-discrimination ordinance four months after approval

    Jun 14, 2022 06:26 PM EDT

    ... openly gay. They said they voted to rescind the protection for fear the measure would not survive at the ballot box. Beckius also noted that LGBTQ members of the community are already protected under a 2020 Supreme Court ruling saying that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected under Civil ...

  • Online right-wing extremists amp up anti-LGBTQ rhetoric during Pride Month

    Online right-wing extremists amp up anti-LGBTQ rhetoric during Pride Month

    Jun 13, 2022 11:15 PM EDT

    ... her public appearance weeks ago, she introduced two members of the Panhandle Patriots motorcycle club, who urged watchers to join them in “the fight” against LGBTQ people at the Coeur d’Alene pride celebration. They dubbed their counter-protest “Gun d’Alene.” “Stand up, take it to the head, go ...

  • News Wrap: Patriot Front members free on bail after arrest at Idaho LGBTQ event

    News Wrap: Patriot Front members free on bail after arrest at Idaho LGBTQ event

    Jun 13, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, 31 members of a white supremacist group are free on bail in Idaho after being charged for planning violent disruptions at an LGBTQ event, senior officials in Iraq try to form a government after more than 70 lawmakers resigned, an Iraqi man held at Guantanamo ...