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.

Turmoil overseas has prompted the U.S. State Department to make LGBTQ people aware of the increased potential of terrorist attacks.

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.