It was almost Christmas 2023 when a family came through SunServe’s door. A mom, a dad, and their six children under the age of 11 were in dire straits. They were moving from shelter to shelter, and they saw no glimmer of hope. It’s a story Brenda Rentas will never forget.
Hundreds gathered to celebrate Wiltshire's first Pride event, LGBTQ athletes face discrimination in Australia, and Indonesia proposes a ban on LGBTQ journalism.
The 2024 LGBTQ+ State Safety Report Cards by SafeHome.org ranks Florida as the second-worst state for LGBTQ+ behind only South Dakota. Nine states received an F, while another nine got a D+ or worse.
Sydney, Australia is building affordable housing for trans women, a building in England that has a rainbow canopy is set to be removed, and Amnesty International criticizes the arrest of a gay man in Qatar.
An LGBTQ pastor in Pennsylvania was reinstated 20 years after being defrocked, South Carolina's governor signed a law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, and the Supreme Court declined to hear a Maryland gender identity case.
A council in Sydney overturned the ban on same-sex parenting books, an advocacy group in Kenya offers safety tips for hookup apps, and activists in Argentina blame the government following an arson attack on four gay women.
In Bolivia, the collective La Pesada Subversiva faced an onslaught of digital violence they could have never imagined after showcasing their LGBTQ artwork. Thanks to Hivos’ Digital Defenders Partnership, they received critical support and training to protect themselves, and now have tools to fight against online aggression.
GLAAD released its fourth annual Social Media Safety Index on Tuesday, giving virtually every major social media company a failing grade as it surveyed LGBTQ safety, privacy, and expression online.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a lawsuit against Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland guidelines that allow schools to create plans in support of transgender or gender-nonconforming students without their parents’ knowledge or consent.
The Human Rights Campaign will target a record-high 75 million pro-LGBTQ voters nationwide with a public education and mobilization campaign ahead of the 2024 elections, which includes a $15 million investment in six key battleground states, the group announced on Monday.
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