LGBT Rights

For a trio of anti-LGBT discrimination cases, the issue revolves around the meaning of one word: sex.

Puerto Rico deals with cuts to food stamps, LBGT support wanes among young Republicans, and the mystery behind sea-borne Garfield phones is solved.

How a gay Christian rocker created a new life after Christian radio rejected him.

A measles outbreak hits the Northwest, Australia breaks heat records, and a fourth state mulls banning the gay panic defense.

But there are still no conversion therapy laws in more than half of the United States.

Cuba has shown a commitment to LGBT rights over the last two decades, but some fear it is being used a distraction from the suppression of other human rights.

Shepard's murderer unsuccessfully claimed gay panic, a defense that's still legal in 47 states.

States try to keep the Colorado River flowing, an Ebola outbreak continues, and the U.K.'s highest court says the cake shop customer isn't always right.

Colorado sues an opioid manufacturer, the ACLU says the government suppressed pipeline protests, and India lets go of an outmoded gay sex ban.

A member of the LGBT community celebrates the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a colonial-era ban on gay sex in Mumbai, India, on September 6th, 2018.

Maryland enacted a law on Tuesday banning gay conversion therapy for minors, the Associated Press reports.

The court's decision marks a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to roll back protections for LGBT communities.

Valeria Gonzalez, 19, votes for the first time, at the Porfiro Brenes school in Moravia, San Jose, on February 4th, 2018.

Atlanta is pushing to be the home of the tech giant's second headquarters, but Georgia's continued efforts to pass religious freedom laws could impede that plan.

After a major court decision protecting a peace agreement between rebel groups and the government, the future looks promising for Colombia, but the process is still far from over.

How a Trump Supreme Court will erode LGBT rights.

Recent reports from Chechnya indicate that officials are rounding up, torturing, and killing Chechen men suspected of engaging in homosexual activity.

A look into America's changing views about love and family.

After marriage equality, LGBTQ cinema is in flux—and Hollywood has been slow to adapt.

Over the past 40 years, journalists have been writing the same coming-out stories, because such stories are still rare.

A new study finds expressions of more accepting attitudes toward homosexuals are not just lip service.

What's next for LGBT activism?

In the battles between scientists and social justice activists, sometimes our democracy takes collateral damage.

Specialists have moved away from sex-changing baby males with small penises and recommending vaginoplasties in very young children as they become less phobic about sex atypical (but healthy) organs.