After a tense back and forth between city council members during Tuesday night’s regular meeting, notably between the city’s Out LGBTQ+ Mayor and Councilmember Claudia Frometa, the council voted 3-2 to implement a "neutral" flag policy agenda item brought forward for a vote by Mayor Pro Tem Hector Sosa.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday took a major step toward loosening the federal government’s regulation of marijuana by issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which outlines a proposal to reclassify it under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Addressing a friendly audience at a private, Catholic liberal arts college, three-time Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker spoke from his heart about his faith and revealed his personal beliefs as a cisgender man about women and the LGBTQ+ community.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled a group of Montgomery County parents cannot “opt out” their children from classes in which lessons or books on LGBTQ-related topics are taught.
The Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools program reached a record 750,000 students in fiscal year 2024 — supporting communities that are contending with the dramatic rise, in recent years, of anti-LGBTQ harassment and reported hate crimes in schools.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 10 met with U.S. Ambassador to Uganda William Popp.
South African LGBTQ organizations have welcomed a new law that seeks to combat hate crimes and hate speech.
In a little-noticed development, District of Columbia Councilmember Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) introduced a bill in September 2023 calling for creating a special committee within the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine and study trends related to the cause of death of transgender and “gender diverse” people in the District of Columbia.
A memorial for LGBTQ armed forces will be built in the United Kingdom, Queensland makes changes to its anti-discrimination act, and Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by prison.
Judy Shepard, who has fought to erase hate in the memory of her slain gay son, was honored with the highest civilian award in the United States.
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