Tag: Gay rights
New foundation seeks to help LGBT rights movement in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — A Nobel laureate, a Netflix star and a fashion model are among the board members who helped launch an initiative Tuesday...
Florida governor bans transgender women from school sports
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born...
Catholic group founding conservative university in Warsaw
WARSAW, Poland — An increasingly influential Polish Catholic legal institute which lobbied for the recent restriction of abortion rights in Poland is planning to...
Alaska Jewish museum, gay bar tagged with swastika stickers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A tall, thin man wearing a hood and a mask was caught on a security camera plastering Nazi stickers on a...
Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over gay rights
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A cultural clash pitting religious beliefs against gay rights has jeopardized Kentucky's long-running relationship with a foster care and adoption agency...
Photojournalist, gay rights pioneer Kay Lahusen dies at 91
Kay Lahusen, a pioneering gay rights activist who chronicled the movement’s earliest days through her photography and writing, has died. She was 91.
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Dueling harassment claims in transphobic rant, beer toss
GALLOWAY, N.J. — A New Jersey vice principal who threw beer at a group of people who were filming his wife's rant against a...
Tennessee moves to the forefront with anti-transgender laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Conservative lawmakers nationwide introduced a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, but no state's political leaders have gone further than Tennessee...
Tennessee governor OKs transgender youth treatment ban
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After signing two bills into law targeting transgender people over the past week, Tennessee's Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation that...
Tennessee to mandate bathroom signs about transgender use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to...
