• News Wrap: California crews battling new fires in Los Angeles area

    News Wrap: California crews battling new fires in Los Angeles area

    Jan 23, 2025 11:40 PM EDT

    ... a judge's approval to take effect. In Thailand, marriage equality is now the law of the land. A historic bill took effect today granting LGBTQ+ people the same marital rights as heterosexual couples. By the end of the day, some 1,800 same-sex couples across Thailand had tied ...

  • Republican-led states emboldened to continue rolling back trans rights as Democrats struggle with response

    Republican-led states emboldened to continue rolling back trans rights as Democrats struggle with response

    Jan 22, 2025 07:35 PM EDT

    LGBTQ+ rights advocates fear the next step is restrictions on care for adults. Florida is the only state that has done that, through there have been proposals in at least two other states. Mo Jenkins, a 25-year-old transgender woman who ran unsuccessfully for a Texas House seat in ...

  • Migrants can now be arrested at churches and schools after Trump administration throws out policies

    Migrants can now be arrested at churches and schools after Trump administration throws out policies

    Jan 22, 2025 02:36 PM EDT

    ... to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement Tuesday. WATCH: ‘Have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants, Episcopal bishop asks Trump The department said Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued the directive Monday. The ICE guidance dates back to ...

  • WATCH: Trump discusses pardoning Jan. 6 rioters in first news conference

    WATCH: Trump discusses pardoning Jan. 6 rioters in first news conference

    Jan 22, 2025 12:30 AM EDT

    ... the interfaith service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, used her sermon to send a message to Trump, urging compassion for LGBTQ+ people and undocumented migrant workers.“You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you ...

  • 22 states sue to stop Trump's block on birthright citizenship

    22 states sue to stop Trump's block on birthright citizenship

    Jan 21, 2025 08:27 PM EDT

    WATCH: ‘Have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants, Episcopal bishop asks Trump But some advocates of immigration restrictions have argued that while the case clearly applied to children born to parents who are both legal immigrants, it’s less clear whether it applies to children born to parents without legal ...

  • Who supports Trump's agenda? Here's what an AP-NORC poll shows

    Who supports Trump's agenda? Here's what an AP-NORC poll shows

    Jan 20, 2025 02:32 PM EDT

    More opposition than support for eliminating federal protections for transgender students A judge recently struck down a rule from the Democratic Biden administration expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students, which Trump had promised to end on his first day, after making anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. But although there ...

  • What Trump has promised for his 2nd administration

    What Trump has promised for his 2nd administration

    Jan 19, 2025 06:23 PM EDT

    ... buy “essential” medications only from U.S. companies. He pledges to block purchases of “any vital infrastructure” in the U.S. by Chinese buyers. DEI, LGBTQ and civil rights Trump has called for rolling back societal emphasis on diversity and legal protections for LGBTQ citizens. He has also called for ...

  • Days before Trump takes office, thousands of protestors march in Washington, D.C.

    Days before Trump takes office, thousands of protestors march in Washington, D.C.

    Jan 18, 2025 11:41 PM EDT

    ... not the goal of Saturday's event. Instead, it’s goal was focusing attention on a broader set of issues — women’s and reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration, climate and democracy — rather than centering it more narrowly around Trump.“We’re not thinking about the march as the endgame,” Middleton ...

  • Trump arriving in nation's capital for inaugural celebrations to mark his return to power

    Trump arriving in nation's capital for inaugural celebrations to mark his return to power

    Jan 18, 2025 06:07 PM EDT

    ... the People’s March, with organizers saying their focus will be less on Trump and more on broader goals around women’s and reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration, climate and democracy. It is expected to draw about 50,000 people, far fewer than eight years ago. Associated Press writers Lindsay ...

  • Anita Bryant, popular singer who became vocal opponent of gay rights, dies at 84

    Anita Bryant, popular singer who became vocal opponent of gay rights, dies at 84

    Jan 10, 2025 10:58 PM EDT

    ... she later filed for bankruptcy. In Florida, her legacy was challenged and perpetuated. The ban against sexual discrimination was restored in 1998. Tom Lander, an LGBTQ+ activist and board member of the advocacy group Safe Schools South Florida, told The Associated Press on Friday, “She won the campaign, but she ...