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"We may not ever be able to count on this administration to lead on LGBT issues," Clinton said in a speech in New York. Clinton was addressing a fundraising dinner for The Center, an LGBT community organization, where she received an award and thanked members of the audience for supporting her unsuccessful 2016 presidential bid.
Democrat Misty K. Snow, the first transgender female to run for Senate in 2016, announced she is planning to run for Utah's 2nd congressional district Wednesday. Utah Sen. Mike Lee defeated Snow by a landslide, beating his opponent by a 41.1 percent margin.
'Survivor' Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender (Guest Column) - "I'm not wild about you knowing that I'm trans," two-time show player Zeke Smith writes for THR about this week's episode. I'm not wild about you knowing that I'm trans.
Is the U.S. court system the last hope for LGBT equality the next four years? Following an avalanche of groundbreaking rulings extending existing civil rights legislation to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, it certainly seems so. The past week has been a groundbreaking one in cementing the rights of LGBT individuals to equal protection under the law.
An appeals court has denied a Virginia transgender teen's request to expedite arguments in his case regarding whether he can use the boys bathroom. Attorneys for Gavin Grimm had asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments in May to facilitate a ruling before Grimm graduates.
The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit Friday accusing North Carolina of discriminating against LGBT residents in response to the state's decision to undo its "bathroom bill." The Justice Department's withdrawal represents the first significant movement in a tangle of legal action over the state's nondiscrimination laws since a deal last month to get rid of House Bill 2. LGBT advocates have vowed to continue a separate federal lawsuit, saying the replacement law still violates the rights of gay and transgender people.
A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at the Cacao Cinnamon coffee shop in Durham, North Carolina, United States on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo State legislators in New Hampshire narrowly blocked a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited discrimination against transgender people, including allowing them to use the public bathrooms that match the gender with which they identify.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to back out of a lawsuit over transgender students' bathroom access is a disappointment that will keep transgender children in limbo, said 17-year-old plaintiff Gavin Grimm, who's become a national face of the issue.
Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support. Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support.
Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support. Community leaders say a Sikh man who told police that a man shot him in the arm and said to go back to his country is recovering at home in suburban Seattle and is encouraged by an outpouring of support.
The case of transgender high school student Gavin Grimm, seen here last year, has been sent back to a lower court by the Supreme Court. In a reversal, the Supreme Court says it will not hear Gavin Grimm's lawsuit against a school policy that requires students to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex.
The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm the right to use the boys' bathroom in his Virginia school. The case had been scheduled for argument in late March.
The Human Rights Campaign announced on Thursday morning that dozens of major U.S. companies are supporting transgender student Gavin Grimm in the Supreme Court case G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board.
Filmmaker Gabrielle Burton said she didn't plan for her documentary about the drag scene in Ohio's capital city to achieve wider distribution at a time of political and cultural division. "Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens" had screenings in Columbus and New York last Friday and becomes available on iTunes, Amazon and some cable providers next week.
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An arrest has been made in connection with threats made to at least eight Jewish community centers nationwide and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters in New York City. An arrest has been made in connection with threats made to at least eight Jewish community centers nationwide and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters in New York City.
Yelp, the crowd-sourced company specializing in online reviews, is wading into the national debate over transgender people's bathroom access with a new feature that will enable consumers to search for businesses offering gender-neutral restrooms. In a blog post on Friday , Yelp said it would collect information from both customers and business owners in order to add a "Gender Neutral Restrooms" category to its listings.
Major technology companies and other businesses, warning of the negative business consequences of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against a transgender boy's sex discrimination claim, on Thursday stepped into a simmering controversy that pits them against the Trump administration.
Gavin Grimm of Gloucester says he can use the bathroom that matches his gender identity. The School Board disagrees, and the Supreme Court is set to hear the case.
A coalition of 53 companies on Thursday backed transgender rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, signing on to a brief supporting a Virginia student who is fighting to use the school bathroom that corresponds with his gender identity. The court has scheduled oral arguments for March 28 on whether the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia violated a federal anti-discrimination law when it blocked Gavin Grimm, a female-born transgender high school student who identifies as male, from using the boys' bathroom.