May 10 Texas House OKs bill letting adoption groups deny non-Christians By Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press The bill would be the nation's second allowing state-funded adoption agencies to reject families on religious grounds. Continue reading
May 06 Under Texas bill, adoption agencies could reject Jews, gays, Muslims By Meredith Hoffman, Associated Press Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could soon be rejected by agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples. Continue reading
Apr 30 LGBTQ groups fear Tennessee bill would roll back civil rights By Corinne Segal LGBTQ groups fear a bill in Tennessee, passed by the state legislature, could bring discrimination and weaken same-sex marriage or other civil rights -- but legal experts say it is unlikely to effectively do so. Continue reading
Apr 09 Hawaii LGBT couples seek equal access to fertility treatment By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press A measure would make Hawaii the first state to require insurance cover vitro fertilization for surrogates, which would help some male same-sex couples. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 10:47 What does North Carolina’s HB2 compromise mean for LGBTQ rights? By PBS News Hour North Carolina's state legislature overwhelmingly voted to replace its so-called "bathroom bill" on Thursday, after suffering a business and economic backlash from a law that many saw as discriminatory. How do people see the compromise deal? Hari Sreenivasan talks to… Continue watching
Mar 13 Are military doctors trained to treat trans patients? By Corinne Segal Researchers surveyed military doctors and found the vast majority had received “three hours or less of training on transgender care.”… Continue reading
Feb 09 Why same-sex marriage may soon become a reality in Taiwan By Iman Smith An amendment to include same-sex marriage in Taiwan’s civil code has passed a parliamentary committee, clearing the way for same-sex marriage to become a reality in 2017. Although an attempt to pass the bill fell flat in 2013, Taiwan’s political… Continue reading
Jan 29 Eight states censor LGBTQ topics in school. Now, a lawsuit is challenging that By Corinne Segal A federal lawsuit maintains that limiting how much teachers can talk about LGBTQ issues, often referred to as "no promo homo" laws, contributes to the harassment of students. Continue reading
Jan 22 Trans patients, looking for fertility options, turn to cancer research By Corinne Segal There are an estimated 1.4 million trans Americans, and physicians told the PBS NewsHour Weekend that demand is increasing for health care specific to them. Many doctors are confronting the issue of fertility among trans communities. Continue reading
Jan 07 California inmate receives state-funded sex-reassignment surgery By Corinne Segal An inmate in California has become the first person in the U.S. to receive state-funded sex reassignment surgery while incarcerated. Continue reading