Gavin Grimm, the now-25-year-old trans man who made headlines for suing his Virginia school district over its transphobic bathroom policies, is struggling with mental health challenges, poverty and looming homelessness, according to The GuardianGrimm sued the district after the Gloucester

The Department of Defense announced that the records of 800 members of the military who were kicked out under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) have been upgraded to receive honorable discharges.“Just over a year ago, I announced that the Department would, for

On Friday, a group of youth activists released over 6,000 crickets at an anti-trans hate group’s conference in the United Kingdom.The bugs were released during an event of the LGB Alliance, interrupting a speech by anti-trans advocate Jamie Reed regarding

Donald Trump posted a transphobic video on X over the weekend attacking LGBTQ+ members of the military.“WE WILL NOT HAVE A WOKE MILITARY!” Trump yelled in all caps along with the clip. Related

Kenneth Copeland, an 87-year-old Christian nationalist televangelist who was a member of former President Donald Trump’s Faith Advisory Council, recently led a prayer asking God to “break the power of the homosexual lesbian spirits that are trying to ruin our children

Pope Francis on Saturday met with a group of LGBTQ+ activists and allies who encouraged him to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people.“I really wanted to share with Pope Francis about the joy that I

People cannot believe Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) – a known conspiracy theorist – took to X over the weekend to mock none other than conspiracy theorists.The anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman – who has most recently asserted that Democrats control the

3.3% of high school students in the United States identify as transgender, with an additional 2.2% still questioning their gender identity, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).While about half of cisgender

While the presidential and U.S. congressional races get the most attention during election season, many voters are also concerned about statewide ballot and legislative issues. So we’re wondering: Which issues are amongst your biggest concerns in your state?National Democrats have

Texas U.S. House Rep. Colin Allred (D) has become the first national Democratic candidate ever to release a TV ad responding to Republican transphobic attacks.“I don’t want boys playing girls’ sports,” Allred says in a new ad. The ad is

In the official manual of the American Psychiatric Association:1952, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders I: Homosexuality“Sociopathic Personality Disorder”1968, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders II: “Sexual Orientation Disorder”Mid-1980s, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III: Homosexuality: if they are comfortable with their

Here are this week’s most popular positive stories, with some fun social media posts tossed in too. Like seeing uplifting content like this? Sign up for our Good News email.With just 19 days left before Halloween, we hope you’re enjoying spooky

Since running for office, Vice President Kamala Harris’s silence on LGBTQ+ issues has been appallingly deafening. Kamala’s website has one sentence about us under the heading “Protect Civil Rights and Freedoms: “As President, she’ll fight to pass the Equality Act

Mother Jones’ November+December issue investigates the Christian nationalist movement that aspires to take over government at all levels, from school boards and state legislatures to Congress and the Supreme Court. Read their series of stories here. This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It