A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.
Leland Bohannon objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds. What rights should he have to act on that belief?
The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.
The President issued an incredibly confusing order that contradicts the advice of his generals and is probably illegal.
Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.
The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.
Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.
The Supreme Court declined to hear a major case regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation, but the issue is likely to come up again in the very near future.
After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.
The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.
For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.
An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.
A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump Administration from implementing its ban on transgender soldiers.
Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.
President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.
President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.
The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.
Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.
On the second anniversary of its decision in Obergefell, the Supreme Court struck another blow in favor of LGBT rights.
A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.
The Supreme Court has decided to return the case involving a transgender student’s right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity to the Fourth Circuit rather than deciding it during this term.
The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.
Indiana is about to become the latest state to grants special rights to religious business owners.
A majority of Americans think homosexuals account for at least a fifth of the population.
A staffer for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss left a threatening slur on an Internet discussion of the right of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.
Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?
San Francisco’s gay pride parade celebrates its 40th anniversary with Nancy Pelosi, the Backstreet Boys, and some dudes riding bike’s nekkid.
