When Raul Ureña was elected onto the Calexico, California Council, voters hoped the young politician would bring a new outlook to the border city’s long-running issues with unemployment, crime, and deprivation. But when she came out as a trans woman —

Tennessee’s Republican-dominated Senate advanced a bill last week that would make it illegal for adults to help minors in the state access to gender-affirming care without their parents’ permission. If signed into law, Tennessee would become the first state to

Former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial began Monday with jury selection.

For decades, the ACLU has fought against the war on drugs. The criminalization of cannabis has led to far too many unjust incarcerations, which waste critical resources and billions of dollars. According to numbers from our 2020 report, it also

Former President Donald Trump, age 77, seemed to fall asleep during the first day of his criminal hush money trial. Democrats mocked Trump as he has repeatedly claimed that President Joe Biden is too old and low-energy to lead the

Transgender and nonbinary people in Germany will soon be able to update their legal documents to reflect their gender identity without having to provide “expert reports.”  On Friday, the country’s parliament passed a law requiring trans people over the age

Former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial begins Monday with jury selection. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.

Trans New Yorkers Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, welcomed a new baby boy into their Brooklyn brownstone on April 3. They named him Rochbert “Rocco” Ozymandias Wolverine.“When I say we hope that the baby will be

When Jeff Comerchero, the former mayor of Temecula, CA and a longtime city council member, walked into E.J. Radford’s shop in 2021, he almost left. He couldn’t imagine allowing the tattooed nonbinary barber to touch him.“I was appalled at myself

Fiscal conservatives have been sounding the alarm about endemic federal deficits for years, but many also support the $95 billion supplemental foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan now before Congress. Can supplemental military spending be reconciled with budget balancing?

Reprinted with permission from Responsible Statecraft. The U.S. and Israel have been raising the alarm of a possible Iranian retaliatory strike in response to last week’s Israeli attack on an Iranian diplomatic facility in Damascus. The president once again pledged

A gay MAGA Republican was clearly surprised by a reporter who asked why she did not appear to be paying her campaign staff, as she reportedly responded to the inquiry by hanging up the phone.Alison Esposito is running for

A Polish Catholic priest has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation into an August 30, 2023, gay adult play party in the priest’s apartment. At the party, a male sex worker collapsed after overdosing on erectile

Can a photo of a same-sex couple holding hands be considered as harmful to minors? A Kansas bill just might.Sold as a way to protect minors on the internet, this bill seeks to require age verification on sites where more