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[Photo: California Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during an event.]

At LGBTQ Town Hall, Democratic Presidential Candidates Vow to Confront Violence Against Trans Women

Kat Jercich

“The slew of violence against Black trans women needs to be certified as an epidemic and public health crisis beyond just reading the names of murdered women," said Alex Corona, a board member of the Sex Workers Outreach Project.

[Photo: Demonstrators in favor of LGBT rights rally outside the US Supreme Court.]

Supreme Court Protesters Condemn ‘Abhorrent’ Attempt to Gut LGBTQ Employment Rights

Casey Quinlan

Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday said they were fearful the justices would strip LGBTQ workers of basic rights.

After Two Hours of Arguments, Five Votes Could Decide the Future of LGBTQ Rights (Updated)

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The conservative wing of the Roberts Court appears ready to take a sledgehammer to LGBTQ rights—assuming they can keep Justice Neil Gorsuch on board.

Federally Funded Obria Prescribes Abstinence to Stop the Spread of STDs

Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News & Trans Women of Color Are Shaping the Future of HIV Advocacy

Sexual health educators regard Obria Group's prohibition against condoms as reckless and dismiss its focus on abstinence as wishful thinking.

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Roberts Court Resumes With Abortion, LGBTQ Rights at Center

Jessica Mason Pieklo

On the first day of its 2019-2020 term, the Roberts Court will consider taking up three different abortion rights cases.

[Photo: An illustration of people of color standing side by side on a yellow background. Overlayed text reads 'End Hyde Now' with more text on the right about the Hyde Amendment.]

Ten Reasons Folks Should Care About the Hyde Amendment

Eveline Shen

The Hyde Amendment perpetuates harm against women of color and Indigenous folks. Repealing it would mean a leap toward reproductive justice.

When the ‘Biblical View’ for Evangelicals Was That Life Begins at Birth

Jonathan Dudley

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was recently castigated by evangelicals and other conservative Christians for saying that, according to his read of the Bible, life begins at first breath. But there was a time, not long ago, when that same belief was at the center of evangelical thought. How quickly the Bible can change.