Category Archives: A closer look
Supreme Court session is over but the worst is yet to come
The arguments used against equal rights for LGBTQ today echo many of those used against interracial marriage and equal treatment for African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.
303 Creative: How bad was it? Depends on who you ask
LGBTQ legal activists say the 303 Creative decision is very narrow and not likely to come do much damage. But others disagree.
Trans battle heats up as Biden, courts, weigh in
After months of states passing laws to prevent transgender students from participating in sports according to their gender identity, the U.S. Supreme Court takes a vote that throws cold water on the hostility and the Biden administration proposes a law
At Supreme Court, fact contortion likely to gut protections
There were strange arguments to contend with December 5, as the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in this session's big LGBTQ-related case. The conservative majority appears poised to gut protections for LGBTQ people in state public accommodations laws.
Supreme Court: Narrow escape and looming implications
A transgender man's lawsuit against a Catholic-run hospital which abruptly canceled his surgery can now proceed, and justices are clearly on notice that Texas' abortion ban has significant implications for same-sex marriage.
New Supreme Court session: Religion dominates
Religious beliefs are an issue in nearly every case of interest to the LGBT community at the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming session.
LGBT Afghans: With no way out, it’s hide to survive
LGBT Afghans are in hiding as the Taliban conducts house to house searches to eliminate them. Their only hope is to seek asylum, but to apply for asylum, they have to first get out of the country at a time
