LGBT rights

Protesters sing and pray outside the United Methodist Church's special session of the general conference in St. Louis on Tuesday. Delegates voted to maintain current rules against gay clergy and same-sex marriage.

United Methodist Church Votes To Keep Bans On Same-Sex Weddings, LGBTQ Clergy

9:03pm February 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Delegates rejected change despite a Virginia pastor's warning: "You will be putting a virus into the American church that will make it very sick, and it will be sick quickly."

Igor Kochetkov, the head of the Russian LGBT Network, in Paris in 2017.

Activists Say 40 Detained And 2 Dead In Gay Purge In Chechnya

7:03pm January 14, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The "new wave of persecution" began when a social media group administrator's phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.

American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, pictured in 1964, as spokesman for the Citywide Committee for Integration, at the organization's headquarters, Silcam Presbyterian Church in New York City.

National

In Newly Found Audio, A Forgotten Civil Rights Leader Says Coming Out 'Was An Absolute Necessity'

6:03pm January 06, 2019

Bayard Rustin was an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and the organizer behind the 1963 March on Washington. And though he was gay, his legacy remains little known among many in the LGBTQ community.

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Tanzanian Leader Launches Anti-Gay Crackdown, Expects to Round Up Hundreds

6:46pm November 02, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

"Report them to me," Paul Makonda, Regional Commissioner of Der Es Salaam urged the public on Monday. Days later he announced a new surveillance squad will begin arresting people next week.

President Trump arrives to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Dec. 22. Openly transgender people will be allowed to enlist in the military starting Monday after the White House decided not to appeal.

National

U.S. Military To Allow Transgender Recruits After Trump Administration Drops Appeal

11:24am December 30, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

An LGBT activist says the Trump administration has waved "the white flag," dropping an appeal of court rulings blocking a ban on transgender troops.

Danica Roem, democratic candidate for Virginia state legislature, canvasses through a neighborhood in Manassas, Va., last month.

Virginia Statehouse Race Pits 'Bathroom Bill' Author Against Transgender Woman

5:01am October 20, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

If Democrat Danica Roem succeeds in unseating Republican Delegate Bob Marshall, she'd become the nation's first openly transgender state lawmaker.