LGBTQIA+2S Movements & the Law

A Tennessee Senate panel has advanced legislation requiring school districts to alert parents of any instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, allowing them to opt their student out of such instruction.

This article is the first entry in a symposium previewing Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. In the past five years, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage and that federal employment discrimination laws protect LGBTQ employees. On Nov. 4, the justi

The Biden Administration spoke out Tuesday against a Florida bill that would limit discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools on the same day the bill passed its first Florida Senate committee.

Arizona politicians passed a vote on a bill that would allow businesses to ban transgendered people from using bathrooms that don't match the gender they were born as.

Florida governor’s action comes at the start of ‘Pride Month’ in the US, officially a time to celebrate LGBTQ rights.

A showdown may be coming on the meaning of religious freedom, and LGBT advocates fear anti-discrimination protections could be weakened as a result.

A federal appeals court ruled North Carolina can be sued over prohibitions on coverage for gender-affirming care in its employee health plan.

Two governors -- one a Republican, one a Democrat -- have stood up to the harmful measures.

Rights groups argue the attorney general’s opinions, which have no legal bearing, will spread fear and misinformation

State lawmakers will unveil updated legislation to try to stop discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community.

A Virginia school board whose heated meeting in June gained national attention has voted to expand the rights of its transgender and gender-expansive students.

LGBTQ advocates say the "sweeping" ruling could be used to attack “bathroom bills” and trans sports bans across the country.

Idaho passed a law banning trans girls from competing on women's sports teams last year, and more than 20 states have considered such proposals this year.

In Tarrant County College District v. Sims, No. 05-20-00351 (March 10, 2021), the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas held that "claim[s] of discrimination based on sexual orientation...

In the short term, supporters of the Equality Act have momentum. However, the Supreme Court justices’ comments in Monday’s landmark gay rights decision left some Fairness for All advocates feeling hopeful.

State adopts new rule that allows people to put an ‘X’ on state IDs and driver’s licenses instead of the traditional ‘M’ for male or ‘F’ for female

A case in which the Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

A case in which the Court held that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's conduct in evaluating a cake shop owner's reasons for declining to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple violated the Free Exercise Clause.

A case in which the Court found that a Texas statute banning consenting homosexual adults from engaging in sexual acts violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection.

A case in which the Court held that there was no constitutional protection for sodomy, and that states could outlaw its practice.

Democracy Now! stories, posts and pages that relate to Defense of Marriage Act.

The House debates and approves (224-206) the Equality Act, which would ban discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.

Democracy Now! stories, posts and pages that relate to Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy.

Key bill, which amends 1964 Civil Rights Act, passes 224-216 but faces uncertain future in evenly divided Senate

"These are the voices that can pull us from the brink and toward a more united and fair society."

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, called the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or SAFE Act, "a vast government overreach." The legislature could override the veto with a simple majority.

Summary of H.R.2775 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Protecting LGBTQ Youth Act

Summary of H.R.5 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Equality Act

A case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage.