LGBTQ rights

Republican states aim to restrict transgender health care in first bills of 2023

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict transgender health care access have been introduced across 11 states — Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia — for the legislative sessions beginning in…

WATCH: Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act, protecting same-sex and interracial marriages

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

President Joe Biden signed gay marriage legislation into law Tuesday before a crowd of thousands, a ceremony that reflected growing acceptance of same-sex unions.

How the Respect for Marriage Act protects same-sex marriage rights, and where it falls short

By Kate Sosin, The 19th

If the Supreme Court reverses marriage equality, the landmark legislation offers protections for LGBTQ+ couples but does not amount to a national mandate.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on website designer refusing services for same-sex couple

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.

Senate passes landmark same-sex marriage bill

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

It's an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide.

Colorado Springs reckons with past after Club Q shooting

By Sam Metz, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to…

Russian Duma gives LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ bill final approval

By Associated Press

Russian lawmakers on Thursday gave their final approval to a bill that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting gay rights in the country, another step in a years-long crackdown on the country's embattled LGBTQ community.

State-level anti-transgender legislation reverberates on Day of Remembrance

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

Statehouse victories for Republicans around the country in this month's midterm elections are resonating for trans people as they mark Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international observance honoring victims of anti-transgender violence and raising awareness of the threats trans people face.

What is the Respect for Marriage Act?

By Ryan Thomas

The legislation requires that all states recognize any marriage that was legal in the state where it took place.

Mormon church backs same-sex marriage law, maintains relationships still sinful

By Sam Metz, Associated Press

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced its support for proposed federal legislation safeguarding same-sex marriages, but said that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships against God's commandments.