Politics

By Amy Lieberman UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. has no shortage of special rapporteurs and independent experts focused on everything from extreme poverty to child prostitution. But one new post — the...

By Stell Simonton ATLANTA — Understanding how homeless youth are trafficked is important information for the organizations offering them services. That’s the conclusion of a report released today...

By Sharita Gruberg, Laura E. Durso, and Tom K. Wong On November 12, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of President Donald Trump’s termination of the Deferred Action...

By Advocate.com Editors Attorney General William Barr wants any school offering LGBTQ curriculum to allow opt-outs for all students and families who are anti-LGBTQ. Speaking at the University of Notre...

By Chris Johnson In the aftermath of conservative backlash over Beto O’Rourke agreeing to lift the tax-exemption on churches that oppose same-sex marriage, Pete Buttigieg is distancing himself from...

By Tanya A. Christian If CNN thought that they could silence the voices of Black, trans women during last night’s LGBTQ Town Hall forum, it didn’t take them long to realize that they were...

By Katelyn Burns Last month, when 10 Democratic presidential candidates took the stage to discuss LGBTQ rights , the issues at hand were often overshadowed by a number of gaffes and awkward moments....

By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd (CNN) Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Kamala Harris all unveiled plans to expand LGBTQ protections and...

Bo Jo Yurcaba More than half of the Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage on Thursday to talk about LGBTQ issues in a CNN town hall, co-hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation....

By Ian Millhiser Justice Neil Gorsuch, the archconservative Trump appointee, may end up deciding the future of LGBTQ rights in the workplace. At least, that was the impression that emerged after...

By Marie Lodi On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro visited a refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico, and accompanied a group of LGBTQ and disabled migrants across the Brownsville...

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off its new term this week, with a major dispute on tap over whether a landmark decades-old federal anti-discrimination law that...

By Philip Elliott Six of the country’s most prestigious law firms are set to announce that they are partnering with the nation’s largest LGBT rights group to challenge Trump Administration moves...

By Muri Assunção National and local LGBTQ-rights organizations in Washington, D.C., are lending their activist voices to demand lawmakers sign a bill that would decriminalize sex work in the...

By Lauren McGaughy The Dallas Morning News In May, her granddaughter was found dead in Far East Dallas, her body marred by a single gunshot wound. Less than two weeks later, police discovered her...

By Tim Fitzsimons News reports about the death of Tennessee teen Channing Smith, who died by suicide last week, sounded all too familiar to New Jersey mom Jane Clementi. Like Smith, her son Tyler took...

By Aila Slisco Pope Francis met with a priest who has recently been under fire from conservative Catholics for his stance in support of LGBT people on Monday. American priest James Martin had a...