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 17 South Dakota bill would restrict transgender students’ access to restrooms By Erik Andersen South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Wednesday that he would meet with transgender students and LGBT activists before making a decision to sign into law a bill that would restrict transgender students’ access to restrooms in public school. Continue reading
Dec 28 Hieu Minh Nguyen challenges white supremacy in poems about his family By Corinne Segal Nguyen, a Minneapolis-based poet who writes on race, queerness and history, dove into the past with "White Boy Time Machine: Instruction Manual."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Poet H. Melt shows why gender isn’t always simple By Corinne Segal Gender is often not as simple as it seems. This principle underlies the work of H. Melt, a 25-year-old trans poet who uses the pronoun “they” and released “The Plural, The Blurring,” their debut poetry collection, last week. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Gay Nigerians face beatings, harsh prison sentences, even death By PBS News Hour Nigeria made same-sex marriage and gay rights activism illegal last January. Since then, gay Nigerians say abuse and extortion have become commonplace by state-sponsored vigilantes, police and public mobs. As part of a week-long series "Nigeria: Pain and Promise," special… Continue watching
Nov 13 Utah judge reverses order to take baby from lesbian couple By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Judge Scott Johansen had issued an order this week to take the 9-month-old baby from the custody of April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce and said that the child would do better with a heterosexual family. Continue reading
Oct 03 Clinton to make LGBT rights a campaign focus By Lisa Lerer, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday delivered the strongest statement of support for gay rights in the 2016 presidential race when she promised that ending discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender people would be a central pillar of her administration. Continue reading
Sep 30 Twitter Chat: How well does Hollywood handle LGBTQ characters and issues? By Jaclyn Diaz, Corinne Segal In our next #NewsHourChats, we’ll take a look at criticisms of Hollywood's portrayal of LGBTQ… Continue reading
Sep 23 I was at the Stonewall riots. The movie ‘Stonewall’ gets everything wrong By Mark Segal I’m not sure who “Stonewall” was made for. It wasn’t made for young LGBT people seeking good LGBT history, nor for a community who wishes to see its history portrayed with dignity and respect, and without perpetuating stereotypes and old… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 4:45 What dropping the ban on gay leaders means for the Boy Scouts By PBS News Hour Last night, the Boy Scouts of America voted to end a ban on leaders who are openly gay. The policy would allow exceptions for church-sponsored scout units, but several religious organizations are either apprehensive or in opposition. Gwen Ifill discusses… Continue watching