A Seattle police officer collaborates with businesses through the nation's first-initiated 'Safe Place' programme to protect hate crime victims until police arrive.
Major events and conferences are being canceled in states, such as North Carolina, where bathroom bills have been passed; such legislation is perceived by many to be discriminatory against the LGBT community.
A Tennessee Bill regarding artificial insemination parenting is being repealed by a local lawmaker, but its implications might be deeper than what it seems on the surface.
The president made his first public comments on a directive released last week that has added fuel to a searing national debate over transgender rights.
The US Department of Justice has issued letter on Wednesday warning the North Carolina state government of violating Civil Rights Act through the newly approved HB2. The notification appears to be the first federal intervention over the on-going debate on LGBT peoples’ rights.
President Barack Obama is set to make history in his presidency. This is because Obama proposes to make a national monument for gay rights movement near the historic Stonewall Inn.
As fans of the Frozen franchise are supposedly tailing the series well, the new LGBT concern is one that attracted so much attention. Disney is now being pushed to include an LGBT character to the second title.
The Chicago public school system will now allow transgender students to use bathrooms depending on their gender preference. The issue on the use of bathrooms based on sexuality has been a national issue across the country.
A recent GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index report has revealed that LGBT characters are still underrepresented in Hollywood movies. The statistics for 2015 are worse than 2014’s, as no studios were rated “Good” according to the study’s standards.
A leader of the American Family Association, which has loudly opposed Target’s transgender-inclusive bathroom policy, said Monday that the group was sending men into women’s restrooms in order to test the policy.
More than 300 people marched from the state Capitol to the governor's mansion in Jackson, the capital city, bidding to keep up pressure on Gov. Phil Bryant and other Mississippi leaders who support the controversial law.
A same-sex American-Spanish couple has won a custody battle against a surrogate mother in Thailand. The case details that the woman decided not to give her child after discovering the couple were gay.
North Carolina protesters that tried to express themselves freely were officially pained by the arrest of the authorities. The Bathroom Bill essentially prohibits those under the LGBT community to use the bathroom if the genetic gender is not what is declared.
The Sioux Falls School District’s decision to make LGBT resource websites inaccessible to the student body prompted cries of discrimination against sexual orientation. Internet filters block several LGBT websites such as “It Gets Better” and “GLADD” but continue to make conservative websites such as “Family Resource Council” and “Focus on the Family” available.
Ted Cruz, slammed the GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's stance on the controversial bathroom bill saying even if the real estate mogul dressed up as Hillary Clinton, he should still be not using the girl's restroom.
Lt. Lori Franchina, a former firefighter, was awarded with $806,000 over her sexual harassment and gender discrimination lawsuit. Franchina said she was target of mistreatment because she is a woman and a lesbian.
Target allows LGBT customers and workers to use the bathroom according to their sexual preference. Retailer Giant, Target, released a statement on Tuesday that it will now allow its trasngender workers and customers to use the bathroom of their choice.
The court ruled on Tuesday that a Virginia school board is violating anti-discrimination laws by barring a transgender boy from using the boys’ restroom.
It became recently resounding that a Tennessee transgender bathroom permission bill was pulled out by the sponsor of it, after the need to somewhat look further into it. Naturally, those who look to make the bill happen were rendered upset.
