Education Jan 24 Arizona bill would ban transgender girls, women from sports teams By Bob Christie, Associated Press
Politics Jan 24 Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill Tennessee has become the latest to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if they exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs. By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press
Politics Jan 14 Anti-LGBT adoption bill heads to Tennessee governor The governor declined to comment Tuesday on whether he would sign the bill, saying he had not read it yet. By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press
Education Apr 13 Morehouse College to begin taking transgender men next year Transgender men will be allowed to enroll in the school for the first time in 2020. By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press
Nation Nov 12 Watch 5:40 New film ‘Boy Erased’ explores the ‘self-hatred’ dealt by gay conversion programs “Boy Erased,” a new film based on a memoir by Garrard Conley, tells the story of a young man who is forced by his parents to attend a gay conversion therapy program. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Conley about how his… By Jeffrey Brown
Nov 08 Younger voters drove historic wins on election night By Daniel Bush Younger voters played a large role in electing candidates like Danica Roem in Virginia, who became the first transgender person in the United States to win a state legislative seat. Continue reading
Oct 11 How could President Trump or Clinton influence national LGBTQ rights? By David Crary, Associated Press Donald Trump says he would be a better president for gays than Clinton, yet major LGBT-rights groups strongly oppose him. Continue reading
Feb 22 The fight over transgender rights in school restrooms intensifies By Lisa Leff, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — In clashes over which restrooms and locker rooms transgender students should use, the U.S. Department of Education has warned public schools that a 1970s sex discrimination law makes it illegal to deny them access to the facilities… Continue reading
Feb 22 Study: Hollywood remains ‘straight, white, boy’s club’ By Joshua Barajas A new study released Monday found that the film and television industries are “largely whitewashed” and severely lacks representation for women, people of color and LGBT individuals. Continue reading
Jul 26 Boy Scouts to repeal ban on gay leaders, with limitations By Daniel Costa-Roberts The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on openly gay leaders in a limited manner Monday, a historic decision for one of the nation's largest youth organizations, whose decades-long struggle over whether to include gays in… Continue reading