LGBT rights

The expectation of family togetherness can cause significant anxiety in the LGBTQ community this time of year and, frankly, be dangerous.

"These are nominees that we're seeing who are not just inimical to LGBT protections but to civil rights generally," a senior attorney with Lambda Legal said.

"I'm not usually one to rely on your books for political analogy, because they're for children, obviously, but I think it's appropriate to make an exception in this case: You've just joined the Death Eaters," comedian Avery Edison quipped in response to Rowling's tweet.

Conservative Christian radio host said The Hallmark Channel was bullied by the "Gay Gestapo" into reversing their decision to pull an advertisement showing a same sex couple kissing.

The Hallmark Channel sparked outrage after it bowed to pressure from conservative campaign groups and took four ads for wedding planning website Zola that featured a same-sex couple off the air.

The Taxi and Limousine Commission sent an email to drivers reminding them to defer to a passenger's preferred pronouns, or use gender-neutral pronouns if the passenger's pronouns are unknown.

At least nine men were victimized as part the overall scheme, which occurred in December 2017.

A Toronto judge has ordered the case of a man who claimed his employer discriminated against him because he was straight reopened.

An LGBTQ news site has claimed that the number of people who supposedly signed a petition against a hypothetical gay Christmas movie website are artificially inflated.

A resolution in the Missouri Senate would only allow high school transgender athletes to compete with those who share the gender they were born as in statewide events.

Out magazine said the Democratic 2020 primary candidate should have supported an organization "that was created to cater to the needs of queer people."

Other experts in the field have said the theory should be regarded with caution.

Evangelist Franklin Graham expressed his outrage over an Ohio school district's decision to allow transgender students unrestricted locker room access in a pair of tweets.

After two similar decisions earlier in the month, a third federal judge has thrown out a Trump administration rule that would have allowed medical personnel to use their religious beliefs to deny care to LGBTQ people and women.

The nation's largest association of physicians supports a ban on the practice of trying to turn members of the LGBTQ community "straight."

"Black Voices for Trump" coalition board member Clarence Mason Weaver was recently found to have said women should be "handmaidens" and be "submissive."

On this International Trans Day of Remembrance, a new report says 311 trans people were murdered worldwide this year.

The company, famous for their conservative Christian beliefs, said no faith-based organizations will be excluded from future donations.

Kate and Sarah asked Ellen DeGeneres to attend their wedding. She did the next best thing.

Researchers spoke to transgender children across North America for their study.

Pope Francis compared the persecution and hatred of homosexuals to Nazism. "That is what was done in those days and today it is happening again."

A pair of gay male penguins have reportedly stolen the egg of a heterosexual penguin couple in order to become dads.

The Salvation Army confirmed that Goulding would perform at the halftime concert kicking off its Red Kettle Campaign fundraising drive, after she considered canceling.

Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen has claimed "anti-Catholic bigotry" is afoot, after a recent photo of Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito posing with a hate group leader sparked calls for the pair to recuse themselves in upcoming LGBT court cases.

During an interview, the new Human Rights Campaign leader, Alfonso David, said President Trump is "the worst president on LGBTQ issues ever" and that he is "attacking people for who they are."

"We were intimate on many levels. And all I can say is that it was very deep, and we were very connected," Robyn Crawford said of her romance with the late singer.

After posing for a picture with the leader of an anti-gay group, Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito have been sent a letter by the president of a judicial activist group, demanding the pair recuse themselves from upcoming court cases centered on LGBT rights.

A South African woman took her recently-outed husband of six years to court for $600,000 in damages.

In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful and Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar allegedly requested $500,000 of taxpayer money to be donated to Minnesota Teen Challenge, a fundamentalist organization associated with the Pentecostal church the Assemblies of God. Pamphlets from the organization show they believe Halloween, Pokemon and Harry Potter are "a gateway to drug addiction."

Passengers claim Delta Airlines have edited out references to homosexuality from the version of Elton John biopic "Rocketman" shown on their flights. It's one of several similar claims.