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.
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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.
The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is working to keep its doors and services open for hundreds of people with a funding campaign. The financial outlook currently is dire, as the center has a May 31 deadline to raise the required funds so that the Leonard-Litz Foundation will match it.
Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ customers in need of fertility treatment.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced this week that her office secured a conviction of Ronald Anthony Silveria (27), of Fremont, California, after a trial by jury for attacking and stealing from a man he met on the Grindr application.
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