
This month in LGBTQ history: A poem to the continuing struggle
"First job, keep her talking, keep / her alive. Get help. Where? How?"

This week in LGBTQ history: Celebrating and honoring Christine Jorgensen
American transwoman was a pioneer in gender reassignment surgery and a fierce advocate for trans people's rights.

Obama threatens defense bill veto over anti-LGBTQ, anti-worker provisions
The provisions, inserted in a huge DOD bill by House Republicans, are among the reasons the administration told Congress the president's advisors "would recommend he veto the bill."

Activists begin hunger strike, call for halt to detention of transgender immigrants
A group of activists is on hunger strike, calling for an end to all ICE detention on behalf of transgender undocumented immigrants.![]()

This week in LGBTQ history: Supreme Court decides on Colorado’s Amendment 2
Twenty years ago, on May 20, 1996, a landmark victory was won at the United States Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans.

