• What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common

    Oct 12, 2015 07:26 PM EST

    ... as a gender non-conforming, working-class youth experiencing homelessness. Poetry is particularly important in giving visibility and voice to people who are disabled and LGBTQ -- people who are too often silenced, or told that only one part of their identity is valid, he said. "Queer and trans people and ...

  • Twitter Chat: How well does Hollywood handle LGBTQ characters and issues?

    Twitter Chat: How well does Hollywood handle LGBTQ characters and issues?

    Sep 30, 2015 08:24 PM EST

    ... character was portrayed." In our next #NewsHourChats, we’ll ask some of the questions raised by this issue: Should we be taking efforts to encourage LGBTQ diversity in Hollywood? What are some common mistakes Hollywood makes in portraying LGBTQ people? What are some ways a push for LGBTQ diversity can ...

  • Photos: LGBTQ Africans express identity in '(Limit)less' ways

    Photos: LGBTQ Africans express identity in '(Limit)less' ways

    Aug 28, 2015 04:39 PM EST

    LGBTQ African immigrants are the heart of “Limit(less),” a photography documentary project that illuminates the lives of first and second-generation LGBTQ Africans in the diaspora. Photographer Mikael Owunna's childhood as a queer Nigerian-American informed his work and the creation of the project, he said. Owunna said ...

  • Photos: Why visibility matters to these LGBTQ youth

    Photos: Why visibility matters to these LGBTQ youth

    Jul 22, 2015 05:45 PM EST

    Five years ago, 18-year-old Constance McMillen was banned from bringing her girlfriend to prom at Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Itawamba County, Mississippi. When McMillen protested the decision, the school canceled prom entirely. The controversy set off a wave of protests and coverage on LGBTQ youth, bringing ...

  • Backlash to Indiana’s religious freedom bill helped my LGBTQ students

    Backlash to Indiana’s religious freedom bill helped my LGBTQ students

    Apr 16, 2015 09:49 PM EST

    ... marriage ban was lifted last year. This fear is deeply personal for my students, some of whom have been raised to believe that religion and LGBTQ equal rights cannot coexist. While not all of the local churches in our community reject gay marriage, many LGBTQ students have been told that ...

  • 'He dared to keep hope alive.' Tributes pour in to honor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

    'He dared to keep hope alive.' Tributes pour in to honor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

    Feb 17, 2026 04:21 PM EST

    ... Jackson also stood up when it mattered; when it wasn’t easy and when it wasn’t popular. His support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people affirmed a simple, powerful truth: Our liberation is bound together.” Civil rights prosecutor says Jackson reminds Americans to ‘keep up the good fight’

  • Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Feb 17, 2026 03:47 PM EST

    The judge did not provide a timeline for when the exhibit must be restored. Federal officials can appeal the ruling. The historical site is among several where the administration has quietly removed content about the history of enslaved people, LGBTQ+ people and Native Americans. Signage that has disappeared from Grand ...

  • Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Feb 16, 2026 03:17 PM EST

    ... hundreds of thousands of refugees fled Syria and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. Other U.S. conservatives admire Orbán’s hostility to LGBTQ+ rights. His government last year banned the popular Budapest Pride celebration and allowed facial recognition technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite ...

  • Judge temporarily blocks HHS from rescinding public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

    Judge temporarily blocks HHS from rescinding public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

    Feb 13, 2026 11:56 PM EST

    ... Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota sued Wednesday to try to block the planned funding cuts to programs that track disease outbreaks and study health outcomes of LGBTQ+ people and communities of color in major cities. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah stopped the cuts from taking effect for 14 days, saying ...

  • Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Feb 10, 2026 07:53 PM EST

    ... rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country's first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag, one of the world's most well known emblems of LGBTQ+ rights, was quietly removed in recent days from a ...