With the Equality Act, Congressional Democrats Want To Redefine 'Sex' To Include Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Here's why that's a bad idea—and it has nothing to do with God's wrath, women's rights rollbacks, or locker-room predators.
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Supreme Court To Consider Whether Civil Rights Act Protects Gay and Transgender Workers
Does current precedent forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex-based stereotypes apply here?
Amid Legal Challenges, Trump Administration Implements Transgender Military Ban
The Supreme Court allowed the policy to move forward, but the fight is far from over.
Parents, Not Government, Should Decide How To Teach Their Kids About LGBT Issues
A fight in England between educators and Muslims shows the need for more school choice, not control.
Supreme Court Declines To Consider Whether a Bed and Breakfast Can Discriminate Against Gay Couples
A state-level decision against the property owner shows the limits of the Supreme Court's wedding cake ruling.
Congressional Democrats Reintroduce LGBT-Protecting Equality Act
But is it actually even needed?
Trump Is Continuing Obama's Opposition to Other Countries' Anti-Gay Laws. This, Somehow, Has LGBT Leaders Angry
President George W. Bush was once attacked by the same people for rejecting the very same policy.
Will Tulsi Gabbard's Anti-LGBT Past Sink Her Presidential Candidacy? And Should It?
Most politicians have evolved on gay issues. But not all were directly connected to anti-gay organizations.
Case Involving Baker Who Refused To Make a Transgender-Friendly Cake Pushes Forward
Is he rejecting a customer or rejecting a message? The difference matters.
Will Supreme Court Tackle More LGBT Cases Next Term?
Justices are being asked yet again to argue about wedding cakes and whether the Civil Rights Act covers discrimination against gay and transgender people.
India Realizes Victorian Era Is Over, Decriminalizes Homosexuality
A ban on gay sex dated back to 1861, when India was ruled by the British.
Afghan Teen Wasn't Gay Enough to Get Asylum in Austria: Report
According to the official handling the teen's asylum application, his walk, dress, and actions proved he couldn't be gay.
Can a Baker Be Forced to Make a Transgender Celebration Cake?
Masterpiece Cakeshop is back with a new lawsuit over another rejection.
Local News Publishes Identities of Gay Men Arrested for Consensual Sex
"Imagine: You're having sex with a consenting adult...and then you're arrested and held overnight, and your whole, entire life has been exposed on TV."
Top LGBT Magazine Invokes 'HerStory' Covering Gina Haspel's Swearing In and Gets Smacked Down
Many aren't willing to ignore her ties to torture just because of her sex.
Joy Reid Blames Mystery Hackers for the Anti-Gay Stuff on Her Old Blog
The MSNBC host kind of sucked on gay issues 10 years ago. So did most Democratic moderates.
I Don't Want to Tell the Census That I'm Gay. Don't Erase Me.
Stop trying to draft me as a data point for your federal lobbying efforts.
Workplace Discrimination Against Gays Is Covered Under the Civil Rights Act, Says a Second Federal Court
A third court disagrees. The Supreme Court had the chance to take on the case to resolve the conflict, but it declined.
Catholic School Parents Fight Lesbian Teacher's Firing. Here's Why That's Good.
School choice and cultural pressure are better than government mandates.
Supreme Court Won't Decide Whether Civil Rights Act Bans Anti-LGBT Discrimination
Lower courts are split on whether sex-based protections cover orientation.
Tampa Bathhouses Become Latest Target of Sex-Trafficking Panic
The city council is considering a mammoth package of new rules that threaten Tampa bathhouses and those who visit them.
Kentucky Top Court to Consider Shop's Refusal to Print Gay Pride T-Shirts
This is a clear-cut case of unconstitutional compelled speech with an easy verdict.
Supreme Court Today Mulls Whether Bakers Can Be Forced to Make Gay Wedding Cakes
Public accommodation laws clash with freedom of religion and compelled speech.
Australian Voters Say Yes to Gay Marriage Recognition (But There's More to Come)
Nearly two-thirds give a thumb's up, but Parliament still needs to act.
Hate Crimes in 2016: New FBI Numbers Show Little Change
The data should help dispel fears of a Trump-induced surge in American hate crimes.
Virginia Voters Toss Homophobic Lawmaker in Favor of Transgender Heavy Metal Rocker
Danica Roem makes history by getting elected to the House of Delegates.
Cleveland State Debates Free Speech Boundaries of Poster Promoting LGBTQ Suicide
Contrite university president offers a tepid defense of the First Amendment.
Christian Cake Bakers and Gay Coffee Shop Owners: Why Freedom of Association Is for Everybody
Businesses shouldn't have to serve those who offend them.
Left Loses its Mind Over Jeff Sessions Memo That Brazenly Restates Existing Law
This country has a long history of protections for freedom of conscience.
Sessions Releases Guidance on Protecting Religious Freedom; LGBT Groups Fear 'Permission to Discriminate'
Mostly, memo reiterates what religious freedom protections mean.
California May Add Gender Category 'X' to State IDs. Good—Your Gender Isn't the Government's Business.
A no-gender option on state-issued documents is a very libertarian step.
India's Supreme Court Upholds Privacy As "Fundamental Right"
Unanimous ruling protects bodily autonomy, could help decriminalize homosexuality
Federal Judge Notes Good Done by Gay Escort Site, Sentences Founder to Six Months in Prison
The law must be followed, even if breaking the law actually makes people safer.
Federal Agencies Split on Whether Civil Rights Act Protects Against Anti-Gay Discrimination
The Department of Justice argues that sexual orientation isn't covered unless Congress adds it.
Trump Tweets Return to Ban on Transgender Military Service 'In Any Capacity'
Who will be ejected under this abrupt reversal of Pentagon policy?
More Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Than Ever
Republicans nearly at majority approval.
Religious Objections to LGBT Issues in Mississippi Back in Play—for Now
Rather than advancing liberty, the controversial law establishes state-recognized beliefs.