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Tuesday’s hearing centers on whether the Transgender Education Network of Texas can question a company as it seeks to identify those behind the materials.

Behind the party’s focus on affordability is a growing divide over whether a new majority should advance LGBTQ+ protections.

LGBTQ+ advocates say the Senate candidate broke promises. Ashley Hinson says he’s running from his voting record.

More than 150 people from at least 30 countries gathered in Montreal to strengthen a global effort to preserve LGBTQ+ history online.

Democrat Adam Hamilton, who is challenging Sen. Roger Marshall, says his faith calls him to love transgender neighbors — and rejects turning them into campaign targets.

The out actor’s new campaign focuses on performers who are struggling to meet the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan wage requirement.

Navy and Marine Corps boards voted for retention in nine of 12 cases, challenging an administration that treats transgender identity as grounds to end a military career.

As the Trump administration rolls back protections for LGBTQ+ students and survivors of sexual harassment and assault, Family Equality's Ted Lewis and Anna Santa Maria explain how families can fight back.

More than 100 pediatricians and nurses have joined the campaign against Initiative 638, which they say would create harmful barriers for young athletes.

As the legendary queen celebrates 30 years in the industry, Rio is returning to the screen and stage on her 'bitter' world tour.

According to the United States Postal Service, the permit of Three Z Printing Company was used to send the mailers.

Scott Presler said friends used his address while "actively working" in the state, but they left quickly after the election.

Nationwide, choruses centering transgender and nonbinary people are bringing much-needed joy and solidarity to their community and beyond.

The New York congressional candidate opens up about sexual scrutiny, his deployed fiancé, and the pressure to edit a life into something voters will accept.

On Intersex Awareness Day, Betsy Driver and Riki Wilchins trace a movement that challenged medical secrecy and is still fighting to make consent matter.

One spouse has retired. Another plans to. Their families say protecting their transgender children has made the military careers they loved untenable.

On Intersex Awareness Day, Zach Eisenstein explains why political attempts to define sex as strictly male or female ignore scientific reality.