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In a surprise move, a 6 to 3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court did something good for LGBTQ people: It rejected Florida’s request for a stay against a lower court decision –a stay that would...

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The only thing worse than a bad ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court is a bad ruling that sets up the prospect that the worst is yet to come.             Former Solicitor General Donald ...

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Some believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision June 30 in 303 Creative v. Elenis may be one of the most consequential in LGBTQ legal history—a kind of “separate but equal” pronouncement o...

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30 that the First Amendment right to free speech can, in certain circumstances, free business owners to violate state laws prohibiting discrimination based on se...

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The escalating clash over the availability of a certain FDA-approved medication to terminate an early-stage pregnancy has significant implications for many LGBTQ people. Over the years, various e...

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Transgender athletes saw two significant victories last week: one from the conservative U.S. Supreme Court and the other from the LGBTQ-friendly White House of President Joe Biden. The events tri...

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There were times during the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral argument in this session’s highly significant LGBTQ case when some listeners might have thought they were hearing a modern day dramatic i...

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The U.S. Supreme Court sometimes makes significant moves long before it hears arguments in a case. Such is true in a blockbuster LGBTQ case pending before the court in its newly opened 2022-23 se...

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Chief Justice John Roberts and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh voted with the U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal-leaning justices September 14 to reject a request that would have undermine...

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            In a ruling that one legal activist said will put LGBT rights “on the chopping block,” the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 24) ruled 6 to 3 that the U.S. Constitution �...

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            In a ruling that one legal activist said will put LGBT rights “on the chopping block,” the U.S. Supreme Court today (June 24) ruled 6 to 3 that the U.S. Constitution �...

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In an unprecedented development, a purported draft of what is believed to be the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on abortion indicates not only that the court is poised to overturn its lon...

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The primary issue before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday (December 1) was abortion, but a swirl of other critical questions drew the justices’ attention. Among those questions was how the cour...

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Nine years after telling a gay couple she could not prepare a flower arrangement for their wedding because of her religious beliefs, the owner of a flower shop in Washington State has agreed to p...

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President Biden on Wednesday nominated a second lesbian to serve on the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The U.S. Senate on November 1 confirmed Biden’s first lesbian nominee to the Seco...

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It was a hard night for Democrats Tuesday, as candidates for governor in two heavily Democratic states lost enormous support—and one of the two seats—to Republicans.LGBT candidates scored som...

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It was a narrow escape, but the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave LGBT legal activists a significant sigh of relief in a case involving transgender access to equality in health care. The court al...

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The U.S. Senate tonight (November 1) confirmed the appointment of the first openly LGBT woman for a seat on a federal appeals circuit bench. Monday’s roll call vote, 51 to 45, came with no de...

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First in the spotlight as the U.S. Supreme Court begins its new session Monday (October 4) is the seemingly precarious state of the right to abortion, an issue LGBT groups have long considered to...

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Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of LGBT Afghan citizens, who dared to take modest steps toward living openly when their country was under the occupation and influence of a more tolerant “western c...

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