Support for same-sex marriage reached 71% in 2022 — an all-time high. LGBTQ issues had entered the mainstream, and public acceptance appeared stronger than ever.
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“There’s nothing more American than the fight for equality,” President Joseph R. Biden said to the crowd at the Philadelphia Gay News Stonewall Awards celebration on June 7. “It’s a struggle as old as our country. America is the only country in the world built on an idea. Every other country is built based on geography or religion or ethnicity, but America is built on an idea. The idea is that we’re all created equal.”
Following nearly half a year in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, Allan Marrero has been released and is back home with his husband in New York.
The White House submitted its 2027 budget request to Congress last month, outlining a push for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to “proactively” target what it describes as “extremism” related to gender — raising concerns about the potential for law enforcement to target LGBTQ people.
The Pride flag will once again fly over the Stonewall National Monument in New York following a court order requiring the National Park Service to raise it over the site.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a Colorado law that bans so-called conversion therapy for minors.
In a proclamation issued by the Trump White House Thursday night, the president said he would, among other things, “restore public safety” and continue “upholding the rule of law,” while promoting policies that restrict the rights of transgender people.
The U.S. military’s surprise intervention in Venezuela may have achieved its immediate objective, but it has ignited sharp criticism from Democratic leaders — particularly LGBTQ voices — who warn that the operation sidestepped constitutional safeguards and risks entangling America in another open-ended foreign occupation.
NMAC, formerly known as the National Minority AIDS Council, a nonprofit organization that works for health equity and racial justice to end the HIV epidemic, held its 6th annual Hill Champions reception on Wednesday in the Rayburn House Office Building to honor federal legislators who have worked to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world.
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