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Trump-Pence White House and Secretary Pompeo have so far refused to publicly condemn the systematic torture, abuse and the murder of LGBTQ people in Chechnya WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Vice President Mike Pence hosted the White House’s World HIV/AIDS Day event on Thursday where he failed to acknowledge the LGBTQ+ community for the second year in a row and lied about the administration's record combating HIV/AIDS. Here are some...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — By the narrowest of margins, the U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to advance controversial judicial nominee Thomas Farr to be a federal judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a...

“Yet again, the Trump administration flouts established norms and procedures. There is no valid reason to jump the line now and seek U.S. Supreme Court review before the appellate courts have even ruled on the preliminary issues before them.” ...

Lambda Legal, on Tuesday, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a 65-year-old gay man seeking spousal survivor’s benefits based on his 43-year relationship with his husband, who died seven months after Arizona began...

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos has proposed an extensive overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual assaults. The changes to Title IX would suppress the voices of survivors of rape and sexual assault and make it easier for...

A new report released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows a 17 percent increase in reported hate crimes from the previous year in the United States. These statistics highlight the ongoing epidemic of hate violence against...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawyers from the Department of Justice argued to the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, that civil rights protections banning sex discrimination in the workplace do not cover transgender employees. President Donald J. Trump’s Solicitor General, Noel Francisco, made...

NYT reports that HHS intends to adopt an anti-transgender definition of “sex” that would exclude transgender people from federal non-discrimination protections -- a move that could then erase LGBTQ protections across other federal agencies HRC calls on Congress to take...

Last year deadliest on record for transgender community, with victims predominantly women of color WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, joins the nation in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An anti-LGBTQ amendment which was added by the House Appropriations Committee to the FY 2019 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations bill in July was defeated on Wednesday. The Aderholt Amendment would have granted a “license to discriminate”...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen calling on her to take...

DENVER, Co. — A U.S. District Court Judge, on Wednesday, ruled that the U.S. State Department exceeded its authority under the Passport Act of 1926 when it denied a passport to Lambda Legal client Dana Zzyym, a U.S. Navy veteran...

The procedure for changing gender markers on U.S. passports has not changed. Though the current passport gender marker policy remains unchanged, language concerning the process for changing gender markers on U.S. passports was altered or removed from the State Department’s...

WASHINGTON, DC – NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is pleased to announce its 2018-2019 national board of directors. Sharif Durhams of CNN was confirmed as president and Jen Christensen of CNN was confirmed as vice president of broadcast....

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, called for action one year after Donald Trump and Mike Pence attempted to end the Deferred Action for...

SAGE applauds the state’s efforts to amend its laws to be more inclusive of LGBT elders SACRAMENTO, Ca. — California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, Aug. 25, legislation to ensure that LGBT older people have equal access to vital...

The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists has announced that its 2019 National Convention will be held August 29 - September 1, 2019 in New Orleans, LA. This year's Convention gets underway early next month in Palm Springs, CA....

“The Court today struck a blow for me and for all senior citizens – gay or straight – who deserve to feel safe and to be treated with respect. That’s not too much to ask.” CHICAGO, Ill. - In a...

The brief challenges the legal rights of transgender adults to equal employment. In defiance of two decades of federal case law, officials from sixteen states have asked the Supreme Court to declare transgender people have zero employment protections under the...