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The Supreme Court Recognized Marriage Equality Three Years Ago. Now Same-Sex Adoption Is in Danger.

Three years following the Supreme Court's historic decision recognizing marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges, conservatives have made gains undermining LGTBQ families' ability to serve as foster and adoptive parents.

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A Timeline of the Gradual Push to Strip LGBTQ Families of Equality

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Brie Shea

As this timeline shows, LGTBQ families who wish to foster or adopt children now face an uncertain legal landscape.

Roberts Court Tosses Ruling Against Anti-Gay Florist in Washington

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The order sends the case of Arlene's Flowers v. Washington back to the lower court to determine if the Washington attorney general showed anti-religious bias in initiating litigation against a florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

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These High School Football Players Are Getting a Crash Course in Sexual Consent

Christa Hillstrom

After #MeToo, an unprecedented number of states are considering policies to teach sexual consent in high school. But some coaches are bringing the conversation straight to the locker room.

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Daring ‘Pose’ Centers Black Queer Teens—but Are Their Lives Just Trauma?

Kieran Scarlett

Despair need not be the whole of how Black queer adolescence is depicted on screen.

[Photo: Activists rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court during the #OpentoAll rally in D.C. on December 5, 2017]

How the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Cakes for Same-Sex Weddings Could Trip Up Trump’s Attacks on Contraception

Joel Dodge

Based on what Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his Masterpiece Cakeshop opinion, the rules allowing religious exemptions to the birth control benefit are on thin ice.

Appeals Court Will Step Back Into Kasich’s War Against Planned Parenthood

Jessica Mason Pieklo

The full panel of Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals judges will consider the constitutionality of an Ohio law that tries to strip Planned Parenthood of state funding.

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Ask a Queer Chick: Should I Shave My Legs So My Husband Is Attracted to Me?

Lindsay King-Miller

Also: Am I gay, or do I stay with my boyfriend; and, how do I know when I'm bi?

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Democrats Want to Know Who Helped Craft the Trump Administration’s Domestic Gag Rule

Katelyn Burns & Supporters Ask Brooklyn DA to Drop All Charges Against Trans Woman Charged With Felony Offenses

Wednesday's letter follows several instances of the Trump administration coordinating with anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ rights groups to create policy.

Supporters Ask Brooklyn DA to Drop All Charges Against Trans Woman Charged With Felony Offenses

Aviva Stahl

Merci Chrisette was captured on video arguing with and lunging at a man and a woman, a response her supporters say was triggered by the fear that street-based violence could end her life.

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