• Poland's LGBTQ community feels fear and anger after election

    Poland's LGBTQ community feels fear and anger after election

    Jul 15, 2020 07:55 PM EDT

    President Andrzej Duda won re-election in a divisive campaign that cast LGBT activists' movement for equal rights as a dangerous “ideology” that threatens families in the deeply Roman Catholic country.

  • In zines, LGBTQ creators find a place to tell their own stories

    In zines, LGBTQ creators find a place to tell their own stories

    Jul 07, 2020 07:54 PM EDT

    The zine has long been a powerful tool for those whose stories and images have been buried, distorted and regulated.

  • LGBTQ activists on what progress looks like 5 years after same-sex marriage ruling

    LGBTQ activists on what progress looks like 5 years after same-sex marriage ruling

    Jun 29, 2020 10:36 PM EDT

    As of last fall, more than half of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. lived in states without non-discrimination laws, meaning they could be fired because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. And even with the recent surprise Supreme Court decision prohibiting LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace -- authored ...

  • Polish president attacks LGBTQ rights as he heads to runoff

    Polish president attacks LGBTQ rights as he heads to runoff

    Jun 29, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

    Bosak is a lawmaker with the party Confederation, which entered parliament for the first time last year on a program that is anti-American and anti-EU and opposes LGBTQ rights. The party's pro-market positions have won over some libertarians who oppose Law and Justice's strong involvement ...

  • LGBTQ activists see hard work ahead despite Supreme Court win

    LGBTQ activists see hard work ahead despite Supreme Court win

    Jun 16, 2020 09:29 PM EDT

    ... court ruling is likely to be cited in future litigation over the scope of those exemptions. The court ruling came at a moment when many LGBTQ activists are aligning with the Black Lives Matter movement and other groups protesting police brutality and racial injustice. Major LGBTQ groups have been placing ...

  • Why Supreme Court's LGBTQ employment discrimination ruling marks a 'milestone'

    Why Supreme Court's LGBTQ employment discrimination ruling marks a 'milestone'

    Jun 15, 2020 10:55 PM EDT

    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or transgender identity is illegal. Justice Neil Gorsuch, one of the conservative members of the court, wrote the opinion. The decision represents a milestone for gay rights and comes at a time when minorities across the country are calling for...

  • What landmark Supreme Court ruling means for LGBTQ rights

    What landmark Supreme Court ruling means for LGBTQ rights

    Jun 15, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    ... of sex. The Supreme Court is. And, today, the Supreme Court made unequivocally clear that discrimination because of an individual's sex includes discrimination against LGBTQ people. So, I agree. I think that the HHS regulation is void. I think that efforts to discriminate against transgender students are no longer ...

  • SCOTUS rules LGBTQ people protected from job discrimination

    SCOTUS rules LGBTQ people protected from job discrimination

    Jun 15, 2020 02:35 PM EDT

    The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers.

  • Student Reporting Labs on the experiences of LGBTQ youth

    Student Reporting Labs on the experiences of LGBTQ youth

    Feb 16, 2020 09:47 PM EDT

    For the last several weeks, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ “No Labels Attached” series has explored how stereotypes are impacting young people through race and culture and in sports. The latest installation looks at misconceptions about LGBTQ youth. ... Hari Sreenivasan: For the last several weeks,we’ve been bringing you ...

  • Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people

    Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people

    Feb 06, 2020 09:21 PM EDT

    ... do – it’s crucial to the state economy,” those companies and more than two dozen others wrote in a letter to legislative leaders. “Because many LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ workers prefer to live and work in communities with nondiscrimination protections, such a law will give Virginia’s employers tangible advantages ...