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Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said that he supports restricting “single-sex facilities” in the Capitol, including restrooms, to “individuals of that biological sex”— which would effectively ban the first transgender congresswoman from using women’s bathrooms in the next Congress.

Wednesday is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which focuses on trans people who have lost their lives because of violence.

A U.S. Naval Academy graduate ripped down a tattoo shop’s LGBTQ+ pride flag and put it in the trash, Annapolis police said in documents charging him with a hate crime.

From Latino teens in Georgia to a lesbian Las Vegas business owner, they’re the latest to receive offensive and disturbing text messages that the FBI is investigating.

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the resolution as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., is set to become the first out transgender member of Congress.

Thailand’s same-sex marriage law could add 4 million tourists and $2 billion in tourism revenue per year, according to a report commissioned by Agoda.

Three former Manchester Township School District employees have alleged hostile treatment and anti-LGBTQ bias.

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday.

Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill has been officially written into law, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed.

The practice of conversion therapy has stirred controversy and is opposed by the American Medical Association.

San Francisco City leaders convened on Friday to officially declare artist Gilbert Baker’s rainbow Gay Pride flag an official landmark.

San Francisco City leaders convened on Friday to officially declare the Gilbert Baker’s Rainbow Flag an official landmark. Christie Smith reports.

For the first time ever, superior court judges in Santa Clara County held an official event to support members of the LGBTQ+ community who want to change their names and gender markers on legal documents.

For the first time ever, superior court judges in Santa Clara County held an official event to support members of the LGBTQ+ community who want to change their names and gender markers on legal documents. Robert Handa reports.

Oscar-nominated director David France said the voices of children have been left out of the nationwide debate over drag reading events.

More than 150 of the out athletes at the 2024 Games are women, according to sports site OutSports.

A federal appeals court panel ruled 2-1 on Friday that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.

Pennsylvania authorities confirmed that dismembered human remains found late last month are those of a transgender teenager who had been reported missing. 

“A beacon of love” was the theme of pride this year. It was also nothing but smiles, rainbows and lots of pride, mixed with political messages and all in a massive and sometimes moving eclectic crowd of Pride partiers. Thom Jensen reports.

Close to 1,000 LGBTQ+ activist and allies boycotted the official San Francico Pride Parade, hosting an alternative march in solidarity with Palestinians on Sunday afternoon.