Feb 06 Hong Kong transgender men win appeal over ID status change By Zen Soo, Kanis Leung, Associated Press Hong Kong's top court has ruled that full sex reassignment surgery should not be a prerequisite for transgender people to have their gender changed on their official identity cards. Continue reading
Feb 03 How Utah’s new ban on gender-affirming care for minors is affecting trans teens in the state By Orion Rummler, The 19th The law’s passage has also dealt a blow to trans teens’ faith in Gov. Spencer Cox, who invoked the importance of acceptance while vetoing the state’s anti-trans sports bill last year. Continue reading
Jan 17 Scotland vows to challenge UK in court over gender recognition law veto By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Scotland's leader says she will take the British government to court over its decision to block a law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to change their gender on official documents. Continue reading
Jan 07 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… Continue reading
Dec 13 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. Continue reading
Dec 08 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. Continue reading
Dec 05 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. Continue reading
Nov 29 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. Continue reading
Nov 25 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… Continue reading
Nov 24 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. Continue reading