• Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill

    Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill

    Jan 24, 2020 10:00 PM EDT

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become the latest state to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if those organizations exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs. Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill Friday without fanfare or an official announcement, making ...

  • Utah bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children

    Utah bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children

    Jan 22, 2020 06:30 PM EDT

    SALT LAKE CITY — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it. Supporters navigated a winding path to passage and some dissent remains, but barring it in Utah could give a ...

  • Trump rule would let faith-based groups exclude LGBTQ parents

    Trump rule would let faith-based groups exclude LGBTQ parents

    Nov 01, 2019 07:06 PM EDT

    The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would allow faith-based foster care and adoption agencies to continue getting taxpayer funding even if they exclude LGBT families and others from their services based on religious beliefs.

  • Supreme Court weighs whether LGBTQ workers are protected from discrimination

    Supreme Court weighs whether LGBTQ workers are protected from discrimination

    Oct 08, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    ... protect you against that discrimination. The second concern seemed to be the role of the court itself. Justice Alito said to the lawyers for the LGBTQ plaintiffs, if we rule for you, some people are going to say, this is a big policy issue. This is something Congress should be ...

  • Police find 2 suspicious packages outside Supreme Court, before LGBTQ rights case

    Police find 2 suspicious packages outside Supreme Court, before LGBTQ rights case

    Oct 08, 2019 03:38 PM EDT

    Police investigated suspicious packages found near the court just before the justices were to hear arguments over LGBT rights.

  • SCOTUS takes on DACA, LGBTQ rights in new term

    SCOTUS takes on DACA, LGBTQ rights in new term

    Oct 06, 2019 09:03 PM EDT

    The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term Monday with a docket full of blockbuster cases ranging from abortion and DACA to insanity defenses and LGBTQ discrimination. Amy Howe, co-founder and contributing reporter for SCOTUSblog, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. with a preview.

  • Does this anti-discrimination law protect LGBTQ workers? 3 cases ask Supreme Court to decide

    Does this anti-discrimination law protect LGBTQ workers? 3 cases ask Supreme Court to decide

    Sep 12, 2019 04:20 PM EDT

    The part of Title VII that bars employers from discriminating "because of...sex" is at the heart of three cases that the Supreme Court will hear Oct. 8, during the first week of the new 2019 term.

  • LGBTQ asylum seekers persecuted at home and in U.S. custody

    LGBTQ asylum seekers persecuted at home and in U.S. custody

    Aug 10, 2019 09:11 PM EDT

    With more than 800,000 migrants currently applying for asylum in the U.S., a growing number of immigrants rights groups are calling attention to the plight of LGBTQ people, many of whom are seeking asylum because of persecution back home due to their gender identity and sexuality. Some also say they are facing similar abuse in...

  • In Poland, simmering anti-LGBTQ sentiment boils over into violence

    In Poland, simmering anti-LGBTQ sentiment boils over into violence

    Jul 22, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    ... families should look like. I strongly support the model where there is one woman, one man, and babies. Kamil Sienicki (through translator): We think that LGBTQ movements have a very long tradition of profanity towards state symbols. They turned Poland's national red-and-white flag into a white rainbow ...

  • Businesses urge Supreme Court to defend LGBTQ people from discrimination

    Businesses urge Supreme Court to defend LGBTQ people from discrimination

    Jul 02, 2019 02:04 PM EDT

    ... its conservative majority strengthened by President Donald Trump's appointments of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. The three cases are the court's first on LGBTQ rights since the retirement last year of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored landmark gay rights opinions. The Obama administration had supported treating LGBTQ discrimination ...