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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
Big victories in Texas Tuesday, as Valdez advances
Lupe Valdez made history Tuesday, winning the Democratic nomination for governor in Texas. Her odds are tough, but three openly LGBT candidates who advanced in their Congressional primaries Tuesday might well make history, too.
Record number of LGBT candidates for governor
An unprecedented number of openly LGBT candidates are running for governor this year, including a Congressman, a sheriff, an actor, and an exotic zookeeper.
Important LGBT wins in Texas and Fort Lauderdale
LGBT candidates got off to a good start this month, with strong primary victories in a gubernatorial contest, several Congressional races, and a mayoral match up in a city with a growing LGBT population. Dean Trantalis won office Tuesday, March
Judge bars enforcement of school guidelines
A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction Sunday night that bars the Obama administration from taking action against 23 states opposed to its "guidelines" for how to treat transgender students.
Legal groups take on Texas-led lawsuit
Five LGBT legal groups say more than a dozen states are attempting to avoid court rulings that say federal law prohibiting sex discrimination protects transgender students and employees.
If Supreme Court strikes bans, LGBT legal activists ready to fight the pushback
The Supreme Court of the United States will rule any day now on whether it is a violation of the federal constitution for states to bar same-sex couples from marrying. But for weeks now, in apparent anticipation that the court
Sparring continues among appeals courts as Supreme Court puts off marriage cases another week
The U.S. Supreme Court put off until at least this Friday (January 16) a decision on whether it will hear appeals challenging a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that said states can ban same-sex couples from marrying. Meanwhile,
