LGBTQ

Republican lawmakers and several media outlets named a Portland high school student athlete this week, saying the student shouldn't be permitted to participate in girls sports because of their gender identity.

Protect Kids California said Attorney General Rob Bonta mischaracterizes their effort, which would prohibit gender-affirming care and ban trans girls from girls’ competitive sports, among other elements.

A Malheur County woman is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against her lawsuit that challenges state adoption policies for transgender children on the basis of religious freedom.

State officials are paying a religious nonprofit more than 100 times the amount they pay foster care parents to watch vulnerable children in unlicensed short-term rental homes.

A small group of activists want California voters to decide whether transgender minors should be allowed to receive puberty blockers, hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries.

Two men in Uganda are the first to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality" under a harsh new law that carries the death penalty. Their cases highlight the threats for LGBTQ+ people in Uganda.

Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students.

It was a tale of two opposing events on parents’ role in California schools — though one was postponed because of Tropical Storm Hilary.

House Bill 2002, which shores up access to abortions and gender-affirming health care, was a key driver of the Senate Republicans walkout last session.

The loose network includes people and organizations with a history of racist violence, now working together to further ethno-nationalist ambitions. Members share an adoration of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, and an open disdain for anyone who isn’t white, straight, cisgender and Christian.

A bomb threat against Oregon Health and Science University is the latest in a string of attacks and harassment against health care facilities, spurred by far-right culture war issues and COVID conspiracies.

A top California Democrat wants to do away with a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory laws, a list that has ballooned as anti-LGBTQ laws sweep the country.