West Palm Beach Mayor Places Travel Ban on City-Funded Trips to North Carolina
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—In the wake of North Carolina’s enactment of HB2, West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio became the first mayor in Florida to…
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Marking LGBT Health Awareness Week & Health Disparities
Courtesy of Fenway Health— Gay and bisexual men are at least 44 times more likely than the general population to become infected with HIV. Lesbians…
BREAKING: Georgia Governor Vetoes Religious Discrimination Bill
In a very different turn of events than those occurred in NC last week, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal vetoed the anti-gay “religious freedom” bill that…
World’s Largest Psychiatric Association Condemns Conversion Therapy
SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the world’s largest organization of mental health professionals—representing more than 200,000 people in 118 countries—called for an end to the discredited practice of…
CDC: Half of Black Gay Men Will Become HIV Positive
By: Eric Brus*— CDC Projects that Half of U.S. Black Gay Men Will Be Diagnosed with HIV During Their Lifetime If current HIV diagnoses rates…
[UPDATE] NC Gov. Signs Law Enacting the Worst LGBTQ Discrimination Legislation in the Country
Today, Equality Federation and many other organizations, are denouncing North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory for signing into law the most extreme, anti-LGBTQ legislation in the…
Massachusetts Medical Society Honors Dr. Harvey Makadon with 2016 LGBT Health Award
WALTHAM, Mass.—Harvey J. Makadon, M.D., Director of the National LGBT Health Education Center in Boston, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the…
New Federal Report Shows Increasing Support of Same-Sex Adoptions
A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows increasing national support for adoptions by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
Missouri Senate Advances Assault on LGBT People
By: Stephen Peters* Today, HRC, the ACLU of Missouri, and PROMO strongly condemned a vote by the Missouri Senate in favor of Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 39 –…
Ted Cruz Creates Religious Liberty Council
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has created a “religious liberty” council for his campaign that is filled with anti-LGBT activists. Some of those activists include Tony…
Getting to Zero Coalition Determines Strategy to Reduce HIV Diagnoses
By: Luke Sherman/TRT Contributor— Advocacy organizations, public health officials, and concerned community members came together for the first time in late February to discuss the…
Report Highlights LGBTQ People Abuse, Discrimination Within the Criminal Justice System
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— A new report co-authored by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) highlights several severe…
Updated: South Dakota Gov. Vetoes Anti-Transgender Bill
Dangerous Precedent Avoided Today, the Republican Governor of South Dakota vetoed House Bill 1008, a discriminatory legislation that would have prevented transgender students from using…
Study Shows Trans Kids Thrive Under Support
A new study shows that trans kids succeed in life when they have supportive families. Researchers at the University of Washington say that trans kids…
Pride Toronto & Prime Minister Trudeau: Making Canadian History
Pride Toronto Unveils 2016 Theme, “You Can Sit With Us” TORONTO, ON—Pride Toronto recently unveiled its 2016 Pride Month theme, announcing to the world that…
Leading Coalition of Latino Organizations: LGBTQ-Inclusive Policy Recommendations to Presidential Candidates
Also released Recommendations for Federal Policymakers WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of 40 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, released its…
President Obama’s Budget Allocates Funding for New Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program, Resources for Trans Women
Plus, PrEP for trans women considering it By: Eric Brus* President Barack Obama presented his administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) to the U.S….
Lawmaker Wants to Change North Carolina’s LGBT-Inclusive Public Accommodations Ordinance
The speaker of North Carolina’s House of Representatives, Tim Moore, wants to change an ordinance adopted by the Charlotte City Council in its LGBT-inclusive public…
Teen Wins Battle Over Lesbian Shirt
‘Lesbian’ Shirt oppresses her while helps her confront discrimination When sixteen-year-old Taylor Victor wore a t-shirt that read “Nobody Knows I’m a Lesbian” to school…
National Orgs. Target “Conversion Therapy” Quacks with Historic Federal Consumer Fraud Complaint
Urge FTC to protect consumers from deceptive, false, and misleading practices WASHINGTON—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and…
VIDEO: DNC Launches Media Campaign to #FillTheSeat
Every day this week, the DNC will highlight reasons Americans need the Senate to do their jobs, not obstruct President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. WASHINGTON—The Democratic…
Updated: PR Makes Judicial History; Confirms Openly Gay Justice as Chief Justice
The Puerto Rican Senate voted 14-12 to confirm openly lesbian Judge Maite Oronoz Rodriguez as chief justice of the Caribbean island’s Supreme Court, according to…
Victory for #FreeChristina – Undocumented Transgender Detainee Granted Bond
SANTA ANA, Calif.—In a major victory, Christina Lopez, the undocumented transgender woman at the center of #Not1More Deportation’s #freeChristina campaign, was granted a $10,000 bond with…