Jul 26 Watch News Wrap: S.C. Supreme Court rules same-sex couples deserve domestic abuse protections By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Wednesday, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that same-sex couples deserve the same protections from domestic violence as heterosexual couples. Several other states have already changed their laws. Also, President Trump took a new… Continue watching
Jun 06 DeVos non-committal on banning discrimination against LGBTQ students in private schools By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that schools receiving federal money should follow federal law, but she would not commit to banning discrimination against LGBT students in private schools. Continue reading
Mar 23 What Kentucky’s religious freedom bill could mean for LGBTQ students By Iman Smith A new bill out of Kentucky protects the religious expression of students in public schools and universities, a move LGBTQ advocates say could allow them to discriminate against fellow students based on their sexual orientation. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:00 How scrapping transgender bathroom guidelines impacts schools By PBS News Hour Federal guidelines advising schools to let transgender kids use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity are being withdrawn by the Departments of Justice and Education. What will the Trump administration’s change mean for schools and students? William Brangham… Continue watching
Jan 16 Are hateful outbursts rising? Since the election, some are keeping track By Kenya Downs The Southern Poverty Law Center has recorded more than 1,000 incidents of hate-based intimidation following the 2016 presidential election. But most of these incidents aren't considered hate crimes. Continue reading
Dec 23 Analysis: Heavy division and distrust collapse N.C. LGBT law repeal deal By Emery P. Dalesio and Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Repealing North Carolina's law limiting LGBT protections at the close of a bitter election year was supposed to heal blows to the economy and perhaps open a truce in the culture wars in at least one corner of the divided… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 7:19 What’s at stake in the fight over North Carolina’s ‘Bathroom Bill’ By PBS News Hour In North Carolina, lawmakers met in a special session to debate repealing HB2, the so-called “Bathroom Bill” they passed in March. The controversial law says transgender people must abide by the sex listed on their birth certificate, not their gender… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 7:23 Sessions known for tough stance on immigration — and failed judgeship By PBS News Hour For attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected an early supporter: the junior senator from Alabama, Jeff Sessions. Sessions has served as a U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general, but he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 based on controversial… Continue watching
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
Sep 30 Alabama suspends chief justice who defied same-sex marriage ruling By News Desk He is suspended until 2019, the end of his term on the state's highest court. Continue reading