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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Transgender athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley

California sues Trump admin over threats to trans athletes

The administration wants the state to discriminate against trans student athletes, which California refuses to do.

Protesters in support of LGBTQ+ rights and against book bans demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court will decide cases on LGBTQ+ book censorship and reproductive health care access soon

Rulings will come any day in Mahmoud v. Taylor and Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

Jeff Merkley and Becca Balint

Lesbian Rep. Becca Balint & ally Sen. Jeff Merkley file bill to nullify Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders

The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act targets the trans military ban, the "two sexes" order, and more.

Maine Rep. Laurel Libby

Supreme Court restores voting privileges of censured anti-trans Maine Republican lawmaker

Rep. Laurel Libby can speak and vote in the Maine House while her lawsuit proceeds.

Donald Trump official presidential portrait

The huge banner of a glaring Trump in front of the USDA is a literal sign the U.S. has lost its democracy

Opinion: When public spaces glorify the ruler, dissent is silenced, and history is rewritten, it's the end of America as we knew it, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump showing assasination attempt trading card to kids at easter egg roll at the white house washington DC 2025

Donald Trump just spent a week showing us how much he despises children

Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.

Donald Trump pointing from his POTUS dais next to Melania in inauguration day hat and dour clothing

100 days and 100 of the most hilarious, horrific, and heinous things done by the Trump administration

Opinion: A painstaking look at 100 of the top blunders, mishaps, and mistakes of Trump, his loyalists, and his minions, from John Casey.

University of Louisville campus

University of Louisville caves to anti-LGBTQ+ forces twice this week

The university canceled a graduation ceremony for LGBTQ+ students and reached a reported seven-figure settlement with an anti-transgender former professor.

LGBTQ rights SCOTUS protest against book banning and MCPS reading opt out

Supreme Court conservatives sympathize with parents objecting to LGBTQ-inclusive books

In hearing the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, conservatives leaned toward siding with these parents, while liberals wondered what other content parents could opt their kids out of.

Montgomery County Public Schools Opt Out anti LGBTQ protest marchers with signs 2023

ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing

The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.

From left: Massachusetts state Reps. John Gaskey and Ken Gordon

Even in liberal Massachusetts, Republicans are attacking trans athletes

A Republican legislator attached a trans-exclusionary policy to a spending bill, while a Democratic move may block it.

Eliza Munshi before high school track meet Falls Church Virginia March 2025

Transgender girl joins boys' track and field team in Virginia

Eliza Munshi was forced to do so due to new anti-trans regulations in the state.

Demonstrators at the Supreme Court building during the gender-affirming care case

Key LGBTQ+ Supreme Court decisions to watch this term and what you need to know

Gender-affirming care, PrEP, and LGBTQ+ books are all on the docket.

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To do list reminder to read a banned book along with a pile of books frequently on censorship lists

Federal judge again blocks Iowa book ban; expected to rule on 'don't say gay' restrictions soon

The state has banned books depicting sex acts from school libraries and classrooms.

Shelby NC High School

North Carolina school district banned an LGBTQ+ trivia game. The ACLU is suing

Banning the game violates students' constitutional rights, the ACLU says.