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Washington prepares for end of 988 crisis line support tailored to LGBTQ+ youth
Emily Fitzgerald/Washington State Standard July 17, 2025 / 8:44 am Specialty services for LGBTQ+ youth will be removed from the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline on Thursday, July 17, following a federal decision announced last month. The hotline will continue to offer confidential, round-the-clock support in Washington through the state’s three contracted crisis centers, but…
Read More Disability Activist To Be Featured On US Quarter
by Shaun Heasley | July 30, 2025 A prominent disability justice activist will soon appear on quarters issued by the U.S. Mint as part of a special program honoring notable American women. Coins featuring Stacey Park Milbern will be available starting Aug. 12. The U.S. Mint describes Milbern, who had congenital muscular dystrophy and died in 2020 at…
Read More Trump Order Sparks Concerns About Forced Institutionalization
by Michelle Diament | August 1, 2025 A White House order calling for greater reliance on institutionalization threatens decades of precedent on disability rights, advocates are warning. The executive order issued late last month by President Donald Trump is aimed at addressing homelessness, but could have implications for people with disabilities more broadly, according to multiple disability advocacy…
Read More U.S. Justice Department sues California over transgender athlete policy
The federal lawsuit seeks to withhold $3.8 billion that’s set aside for the state for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year. By Helen Jeong • Published July 9, 2025 • Updated on July 9, 2025 at 4:39 pm The U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday threatened to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding as it filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Education…
Read More Canceled Baylor LGBTQ+ study stirs strong reactions in Waco
A grant to help churches better minister to LGBTQ+ people prompted fury. A decision to return the grant then spurred disappointment. By Raquel Villatoro, The Waco Bridge July 18, 20251 PM Central As a queer kid growing up in a Southern Baptist church in rural South Carolina, AB Waters felt heartbreak after coming out. They lost…
Read More Florida official under state investigation after hosting LGBTQ event
The state attorney general alleged Vero Beach Vice Mayor Linda Moore exposed children to a “sexualized performance” during a Pride event. July 22, 2025, 4:23 PM CDT By Jo Yurcaba Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that he has opened an investigation into the vice mayor of Vero Beach over a drag show held last month. Attorney…
Read More Feds investigate hospitals over religious exemptions from gender-affirming care
July 8, 2025 5:00 AM ET By Kate Wells The Trump administration has launched investigations into health systems in what legal experts say is an effort to allow providers to refuse care for transgender patients on religious or moral grounds. One of the most recent actions by the Department of Health and Human Services, launched in…
Read More Wisconsin Supreme Court rules conversion therapy ban can move forward
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 4-3 that legislative committee’s rejection of conversion therapy ban was unconstitutional, allowing state to implement the ban. Updated: 8:57 AM CDT Jul 8, 2025 The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy. The court ruled that a Republican-controlled legislative committee’s rejection…
Read More Why Cuyahoga could be first Ohio county to ban anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
by: David Rees Posted: Jul 10, 2025 / 07:00 AM EDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Northeast Ohio residents are calling on Cuyahoga County leaders to join municipalities across the state in outlawing anti-LGBTQ+ practices known as “conversion therapy.” The Cuyahoga County Council introduced an ordinance on Tuesday to prohibit healthcare professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with…
Read More U.S. Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from Olympic women’s sports
Updated July 22, 2025 10:01 PM ET By The Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issued by President Trump. The…
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