LGBTQ people

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women’s races

Sports
Daniel Miller

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas failed in her challenge against rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races because judges ruled ...

Pope apologizes after using vulgar term about gay men regarding church ban on gay priests

World
David Turner

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gay men to reaffirm the ...

Latter-day Saints president approaches 100th birthday with mixed record on minority support

U.S.
Amanda Smith

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As he nears his 100th birthday, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

Greece: Parliament to vote on legalizing same-sex marriage

World
David Turner

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliament is to vote Thursday to legalize same-sex civil marriage in a first for an Orthodox Christian ...

The recognition for same-sex marriage follow decades of struggle in Greece

World
David Turner

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Years before starting a family of her own, Stella Belia was already waging a tireless campaign for legal ...

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

U.S.
Amanda Smith

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked key parts of an Iowa law that bans some books ...

Ohio governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care, trans athletes in girls’ sports

U.S.
Amanda Smith

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender ...

The Supreme Court rejects an appeal over bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy ...

Florida Republican chairman Christian Ziegler won’t resign over rape allegation

U.S.
Amanda Smith

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The chair of Florida’s Republican Party says he will not resign over a woman’s allegation that he ...

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist’

World
David Turner

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned ...