Utah Bipartisan Resolution Bars Conversion Therapy For Minors
Utah protects LGBTQ Youth — “As I know firsthand, being subjected to conversion therapy is a devastating and traumatizing experience for young people and their…
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New Report Points Unique Challenges, Rewards For 3 Million+ Rural LGBT People
Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections DES MOINES, IA—Popular culture images of…
Bipartisan Bill To Allow Transgender People To Serve In The Military
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter– Both the House and the Senate today introduced groundbreaking bills that will allow transgender people to serve in the military. The…
Key National LGBTQ Military Organizations Respond to Trump’s State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON—Earlier tonight, President Trump delivered a State of the Union Address in which he failed to recognize the more than 15,000 transgender individuals currently serving…
5 Cis Straight Justices Decide Fate Of Trans Military Ban, Legal Battle Continues
The Trans military ban hurts our troops and military recruitment efforts By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— Today, the Supreme Court conservative majority Justices lifted nationwide injunctions…
New York Senate, Assembly Pass Bill Prohibiting Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth
Once signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York will become the 15th state to pass legislation protecting LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy, and…
Trans Military Ban Plaintiffs to Supreme Court: Deny Trump Admin’s Premature Request for Review
“The Trump administration has demonstrated no urgency that would justify leapfrogging the normal appellate process, and the military’s own account shows no problems that need…
Despite Federal Courts’ Block, Trump Asks High Court To Implement Transgender Military Ban Now
Even Though Four Federal Courts Have Blocked It, Trump Attempts to leapfrog the ordinary appeals process, quietly files petitions for cert before judgment over holiday weekend…
Trump’s Plan To Cut Off Access To Asylum Is Illegal, Will Endanger LGBTQ Lives
Washington, D.C.—Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced its intention to adopt a new federal rule preventing certain individuals who enter the U.S. from Mexico…
Trump’s Plan To Deny Transgender People Exist Met With Resistance
Transgender People, Allies and Activists Up In Arms; “No matter what this administration orders federal agencies to do, the courts still have the authority to…
As Pattern Of Alleged Sexual Assaults Emerges, Brett Kavanaugh Called To Withdraw
NCLR: “The gravity of this pattern of alleged sexual assaults casts a troubling cloud …” In other words, the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh “must be withdrawn.”…
Court: No To Dissolve Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trans Military Ban
Continuing to waste taxpayers monies, Trump continues his quest to get the trans military ban at all cost RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The U.S. District Court for the Central…
Judge To Gov.: Produce Docs Related To Trans Military Ban Implementation Plan
Trump insists On Trans Military Ban Without Evidence WASHINGTON—This weekend, Federal District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a ruling ordering the Trump administration to disclose information about…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempts to Quash Trans Military Ban Lawsuit & to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction
District Judge Kollar-Kotelly denies Trump admin motions to dismiss Doe v. Trump and to dissolve the preliminary injunction preventing the trans military ban from going into…
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Vetoes Landmark Conversion Therapy Legislation
LePage called the bill “bad public policy” and “a threat to an individual’s religious liberty.” By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— Last month, Maine Governor Paul LePage…
Transgender Military Ban, A Year After Trump’s Tweets
Transgender Military Ban was a major blow to Trans ServiceMembers “One of our plaintiffs, Jane Doe 3, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and said…
Missouri Lesbian Couple Sues Senior Housing Community for Discrimination
ST.LOUIS—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, and co-counsel filed a lawsuit today on behalf of married lesbian couple Mary Walsh, age…
Delaware: 14th State To Protect LGBTQ Youth From Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy survivor and NCLR Born Perfect Strategist Mathew Shurka says, “Delaware is now a safer place for LGBTQ youth, and we are one step…
Reactions to Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh To The Supreme Court
Last night Pres. Trump announced that he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court,…
Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Orgs. React
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced yesterday, June 27, that he will be retiring as of July 31. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Legal…
Supreme Court Sides With Baker In Gay Wedding Cake Case
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 vote, backed the Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex…
New Trans Military Ban Filing Would Accelerate Ruling to Permanently Stop the Trump Ban
GLAD says, “The government’s own documents, newly obtained by discovery, show the March 23 ‘Mattis Plan’ is the same unconstitutional, categorical ban… President Trump announced on…
New Report on LGBTQ Poverty Shows Need for More Resources and Research
Washington, D.C.—As the Trump administration works to undermine the historic progress made toward full LGBTQ equality, a new report highlights a harsh reality: LGBTQ people are more likely…