Shanghai Pride Shuts Down After 12 Years
The South China Morning Post has reported that the organization that puts on Shanghai’s long-running pride celebration has declared that…
Florida Rules in Favor of Transgender Student’s Bathroom Appeal
On Friday, August 7th, the 11th District Court in Florida handed down their 2-1 decision in-favor of a transgender student,…
Supreme Court Decides Religious Freedom is More Important Than Civil Rights
Today, the Supreme Court delivered two rulings in favor of religious freedom over civil rights, moving America further backward in…
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race
On Sunday night, Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the presidential race. After winning the Iowa Primary, and coming in a…
Hair Love Wins Oscar for Best Animated Short Film
The film Hair Love has just won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Though only a little under seven…
Rhode Island Passes Law to Provide Benefits for LGBTQ Veterans
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has signed into law a new bill to grant benefits for LGBTQ veterans who were…
Gay Comic Book Kiss Highlights Struggle for LGBTQ Rights in Brazil
Last week, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor Marcelo Crivella took it upon himself to become outraged at a 9-year-old Marvel comic…
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló Resigns
Puerto Rico Governor, Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation after massive protests erupted on the island’s capital of San Juan. The…
Transgender Man Denied Health Care in Colorado
The ACLU has asked the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to review the complaint by a man who was denied access…
Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Volunteering
Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. has offered more quotable quotes to the zeitgeist than a busload of news channel pundits–perhaps…
Transgender Professor Awarded Over $1 Million in Historic Wrongful Termination Case
Dr. Rachel Tudor, who holds a doctorate in English from the University of Oklahoma, was awarded 1,165,000 in a federal…
What’s at Stake During the New Supreme Court Term?
The new term of the United States Supreme Court beginning Monday comes at a critical moment for civil rights. Several cases pose major…
ACLU Releases Report on First 100 Days of Trump…and it’s Not Good
The American Civil Liberties Union today released a report on the civil rights and civil liberties record of the first 100…
Obama Appoints Major Civil Rights Players to Six-Year Terms
President Obama’s appointed of Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon and Attorney Debo P. Adegbile to six-year…
Priest Barred for Supporting Civil Rights
The Catholic archbishop of New Jersey has disavowed a gay priest for the cleric’s open support of gay advocacy group…
Obama to Name New York’s Stonewall Inn Nation’s First LGBT National Monument
With Pride right around the corner, the White House is expected to sign a proposal designating the Stonewall Inn, the…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Takes Action to Protect Transgender New Yorkers
Governor Cuomo recently extended non-discrimination protections to transgender New Yorkers. The Governor’s administration will be clarifying regulations that incorporate gender…
Homophobe Picks Fight with Gay Men Married at West Point, Couple Fights Back
This past Sunday, Larry Lennox-Choate and Daniel Lennox-Choate, the first gay men to be married at West Point Military Academy,…
Cocktail Music: Priory’s Just-Released Music Video for a Soon-to-Be LGBTQ Anthem
Fresh off their North American tour with Kaiser Chiefs, the Portland-based electropop duo Priory, comprised of multi-instrumentalists Brandon Rush and…
European Court of Human Rights Rules All European Countries Should Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships
‘This just in from HRC: The European Court on Human Rights has ruled that all signatories to the European Convention…
5,000 Kenyans to Protest Homosexuality by Stripping Naked
It seems Obama’s upcoming visit to Kenya may include more nudity than was initially planned. Led by 33-year-old Vincent Kidaha,…
300,000 People Protest Gay Marriage in Rome
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Rome this past Saturday to protest gay marriage and the teaching of gender…
Laverne Cox Graces the Cover of ‘Entertainment Weekly’
Laverne Cox graces the cover of this month’s special Pride-version of Entertainment Weekly. In the magazine, the Orange is the New Black star…
Tech Leaders Unite and Send Joint Letter Demanding Federal LGBT Protections
In response to a host of anti-LGBT bills pending or signed in to law in states around the country, tech…
Edie Windsor Urges Americans to Tell the Supreme Court It’s Time for Marriage Equality Now
Civil rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan and Edie Windsor have released a new video that urges every marriage equality supporter to…
More Than Half of Alabama’s Counties Aren’t Issuing Marriage Licenses!
Forty-four of Alabama’s counties are not issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, even after a United States court ruling. The…
US Government Launches LGBT-History Initiative by Selecting Places of Historical Significance
Seretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is expected to unveil a new LGBT-history initiative at New York Stonewall Inn that…
Maya Angelou Passes Away at 86
The world-famous poet, author, activist, and speaker, Maya Angelou, passed away today at the age of 86. A proponent of…
Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Volunteering
Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr has offered more quotable quotes to the zeitgeist than a busload of news channel pundits–perhaps…
Thousands Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s Historic March
President Barack Obama gave the keynote speech atop the Lincoln Memorial to thousands of people marching to commemorate Martin Luther…