Alabama just made it much harder for LGBT parents to adopt children from certain adoption agencies. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 24, titled the Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act, which “prohibit[s] the ...
A bill introduced in Congress this week would ban the harmful, widely discredited practice known as “conversion therapy” across the country. The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 calls conversion therapy “an unfair or deceptive ...
House and Senate Republicans are calling on President Donald Trump to sign a “religious freedom” executive order that was leaked last month but has not yet been put into effect. The proposed order, “Establishing a ...
North Carolina’s repeal of House Bill 2, or the “bathroom bill,” has left few people satisfied, and North Carolina’s economic future remains unclear. House Bill 142 repeals HB2 in its entirety. But it leaves regulating ...
House Bill 2, North Carolina’s anti-LGBT legislation that went into effect last year, could cost the state at least $3.76 billion in lost revenue over the next dozen years, an Associated Press analysis concluded. HB2 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear what has been considered a major case regarding transgender rights in schools. The court’s decision on Monday comes in light of the new administration’s reversal of an Obama-era ...
In one of the most divisive actions to date the Trump administration yesterday reversed an Obama-era policy protecting the rights of transgender students, opening the door to discrimination and bullying against young transgender people. Last ...
President Donald Trump has “set a low bar” for equal rights in the LGBT community, according to activists. Over the weekend, rumors circulated that the White House planned to reverse former President Barack Obama’s order ...
Texas is continuing its attack on rights for LGBT citizens, including challenging benefits for legally married same-gender couples and introducing its own “bathroom bill.” The Texas Supreme Court this month agreed to hear a case ...
North Carolina Republicans backed out of what was supposed to be a clean repeal of House Bill 2, known as HB2, or the “bathroom bill.” HB2 prevents cities and localities from putting in place anti-discrimination ...
