• Texas ban on youth gender-affirming medical care pushes family to cross state lines

    Texas ban on youth gender-affirming medical care pushes family to cross state lines

    Sep 25, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    ... days I went hungry so my kid could eat. Laura Barron-Lopez: Mia ultimately connected with the Campaign for Southern Equality, a nonprofit focused on LGBTQ rights. Its Trans Youth Emergency Project helps families cover the costs of travel for out-of-state treatment. Mia got Rhyan an appointment at ...

  • WATCH: Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric in National Association of Black Journalists interview

    WATCH: Harris condemns Trump's rhetoric in National Association of Black Journalists interview

    Sep 17, 2024 03:47 PM EST

    ... blueprint for the next Republican administration and a GOP-led efforts to restrict abortion access. “Not everybody has Secret Service," she said. “Members of the LGBTQ community don’t feel safe right now, immigrants or people with an immigrant background don’t feel safe right now. Women don’t feel ...

  • WATCH: How one housing center can foster belonging for residents as they age

    WATCH: How one housing center can foster belonging for residents as they age

    Sep 16, 2024 07:48 PM EST

    Older adults are less likely to share their LGBTQ+ identities with care providers than younger generations, and their silence can compromise physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being. But in a growing number of places like the Chicago residential center H.O.M.E, people such as retired social worker ...

  • Who won at the Emmys? 'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' lead in trophies

    Who won at the Emmys? 'Shogun,' 'Hacks,' 'The Bear' and 'Baby Reindeer' lead in trophies

    Sep 16, 2024 01:59 PM EST

    ... producer and writer on shows including “Dawson's Creek” and “Everwood,” received the Television Academy's Governors Award for his career-long contributions to improving LGBTQ visibility on television. He talked about a childhood when there was little such visibility. “There wasn’t a lot of gay characters on television ...

  • One button at a time, Beau McCall makes his mark on the art world

    One button at a time, Beau McCall makes his mark on the art world

    Sep 13, 2024 10:20 PM EST

    ... and darling of the Harlem Institute of Fashion, all at a time, says Souleo, when McCall used his work to both bolster and document an LGBTQ community marginalized by the AIDS crisis. He designed disco-wear and assembled collages of his friends frolicking. Souleo: And so you see how his ...

  • What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30

    What to know about the Violence Against Women Act as the landmark law turns 30

    Sep 13, 2024 08:01 PM EST

    ... violence, including housing and immigration protections. Improved protections for victims of dating violence and stalking in a 2000 expansion of the law. In a 2022 reauthorization, it also: Increased services for LGBTQ+ survivors, who are traditionally underserved. Empowered tribal courts to prosecute non-Native perpetrators of domestic and sexual crimes.

  • WATCH: Harris speaks at campaign event in Charlotte, first since debate with Trump

    WATCH: Harris speaks at campaign event in Charlotte, first since debate with Trump

    Sep 12, 2024 05:19 PM EST

    ... nominee Josh Stein and his allies have hammered Robinson for months on the airwaves and social media for his past harsh comments on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. Stein, the state attorney general, had a lead over Robinson in several recent polls of North Carolina voters. Arizona's outcome also could ...

  • Social media's role in fueling extremism and misinformation in a divided political climate

    Social media's role in fueling extremism and misinformation in a divided political climate

    Sep 11, 2024 10:25 PM EST

    Taylen Harp: Anything having to do with Black, indigenous people of color and also LGBTQ rights, different things happening within the LGBT community, that's really where my focus comes to on social media. Matt Perault, University of North Carolina: I do remain an optimist that, on balance, the technology ...

  • New book explores how Gen Z’s politics differ from previous generations

    New book explores how Gen Z’s politics differ from previous generations

    Sep 08, 2024 09:35 PM EST

    ... Deckman: Absolutely. Demographically, Gen Z is very different. They're more diverse from a racial, ethnic perspective. They're also more likely to identify as LGBTQ, and both of those ways, I think Gen Z cares passionately about having an inclusive democracy. So they look at, for example, with gun ...

  • What is postliberalism? How a Catholic intellectual movement influenced JD Vance's political views

    What is postliberalism? How a Catholic intellectual movement influenced JD Vance's political views

    Sep 04, 2024 07:56 PM EST

    ... particularly for his use of financial incentives for families that have more babies. Orban has championed an “illiberal democracy,” which includes restrictions on immigration and LGBTQ+ rights. WATCH: Hungary’s Orbán gives Trump an 'illiberal' roadmap for American conservatives Vance has praised Orban for Hungary's subsidies to married couples ...