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TALLAHASSEE, Fl. – The federal court in Tallahassee, on Wednesday, ruled in favor of Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently incarcerated at the Walton Correctional Institution. The ruling responds to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - OutServe-SLDN is applauding Rep. Jackie Speir's (D-CA) amendment the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which was signed on Monday by President Donald Trump. The Congresswoman’s amendment, which at OutServe-SLDN’s request was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Justice (DOJ) calling for the release...

On October 19, 2017, millions of Americans and people around the world will “go purple” on Spirit Day in a stand against bullying and in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth. In an effort to close...

The Boy Scouts of America's board of directors announced today that the organization unanimously agreed to welcome girls into the Cub Scout program and to forge a path for older girls to pursue and earn the highest rank of Eagle...

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump notified the people of the United States on Twitter that transgender people will no longer be able to serve openly in the United States military. There are thousands of transgender people currently serving in the...

WASHINGTON , DC - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released a report detailing why President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, responded to the release of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Hate Crime Statistics for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, released the following statement after a new national poll shows Americans are strongly rejecting laws like North...

The transgender community and its allies are already out in full force against various “bathroom bills” being proposed by GOP-led legislatures, and an anti-LGBTQ/anti-trans platform from the Republican Party. But what if someone was ejected from a gay club because...

President Barack Obama issued his final Presidential Proclamation marking LGBT Pride Month this week. The president, who will leave office in January 2017, leaves behind an unrivaled legacy both in word and deed of procuring and furthering equal rights for...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, according to multiple news reports. Scalia, one of the high court's most conservative and anti-LGBT jurists died in his sleep during a visit to Texas. The first Italian-American to...

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) became the first G.O.P. Senator to co-sponsor the federal Equality Act this week. The comprehensive legislation would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans from discrimination. In September 2015, an Equality Illinois-led delegation met with...

The New York City Commission On Human Rights has officially banned willful misuse of gender pronouns as part of a new update to the city’s 1945 Human Rights Law. The new guidance, released on December 21, will fine employers, landlords and...

The memorial service for 42-year-old Daniel Kaufman took place this Saturday, honoring the gay man who was murdered while working at a coffee cart inside the Inland Regional Center for people with disabilities in San Bernardino. He was shot to death...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Secretary of Defense on Thursday said he’s ordering the military to open all combat jobs to women, Politico reports. The directive overrules Marine Corps commanders who requested exceptions for a small number of front-line combat...

LOS ANGELES, Ca. — Marriages by same-sex couples have generated an estimated $813 million boost to state and local economies and $52 million in state and local sales tax revenue since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision extending marriage equality nationwide...

Family Research Council president and hate group leader Tony Perkins is weighing in on a new California policy allowing transgender prisoners to obtain gender reassignment surgery, which he describes as “rewarding people who don’t just break the state’s laws, but...

In her book, "Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography," Victoria Price explored the many facets of her famous father. The Hollywood legend, who died in 1993, enjoyed a career on stage and screen that spanned some 60 years and the urbane...

President Obama just gave Amanda Simpson a worthy promotion from Executive Director of the U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy. In 2010, she made history as the first openly trans woman to...