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Iowa legislator criticizes Turek campaign ad on transgender issues

LGBTQ nonprofit One Iowa Action said in a statement it “unequivocally condemns Josh Turek's recently released campaign ad and the policy shift it ... View article...

Rural LGBTQ+ communities feel the sting of hostile federal policy at the mental health level

Many patients refused attendance to events that were labeled as trans or LGBT for fear of being outed.”  View article...

Philadelphia celebrates the legacy of LGBTQ rights pioneer Barbara Gittings

The Delaware native also played a role in efforts to persuade the American Psychiatric Association to stop classifying homosexuality as a mental ... View article...

LGBTQ candidates compete in New York City's general election races

LGBTQ candidates are running for office in general election races across New York City, though several are running unopposed — and some of the ... View article...

4 in 10 Catholics have experienced racism

A new report indicates 60% of adult Catholics in the U.S. believe racism exists in their local community, with about 39% saying they experienced ... View article...

Racism in universities: Findings from the AHRC's national study and new Threshold ...

Recent amendments to the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) made in July 2026 will make preventing and responding to racism a ... View article...

Study Finds Persistent Racial Bias in Historic “Sundown Towns”

A new study has found that residents in U.S. counties with at least one historic “sundown town” are more likely to exhibit racial bias today than those in counties with no former sundown towns. View article...

No magic words will cure the racism that festers in America

In many ways it doesn't matter what we, as a society, say. The reason the racism that began the story of America continues to be written into its ... View article...

Asheville drag queen says attack ad that falsely links her to Jamie Ager was made with AI

“It's the entire LGBTQ in western North Carolina.” Nova said she believes the ad reinforces the stereotype that drag performers are attempting to ... View article...

Drag queens go from Send Noodz straight to the polls

In her June 24, 2013 story for The Advocate, “Remembering the Worst Mass Killing of LGBT People in U.S. History,” Diane wrote that in “the ... View article...

The rainbow disconnection

The deaths of LGBTQ luminaries SaVanna Wanzer and Rainey Cheeks both received media attention, but were they recognized in ways that truly reflect ... View article...

Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as “extremist”

Oleg Nefedov, a judge of Russia's Supreme Court, reads out the verdict during a hearing to consider a request by the Ministry of Justice to ... View article...