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Nonprofit Qaravan is helping LGBTQ immigrants fleeing persecution and war
By Hannah Kliger Updated on: June 24, 2025 / 12:22 PM EDT / CBS New York Yelena Goltsman immigrated from Soviet Ukraine in 1989, and says it didn’t take too long for her to realize that as a gay woman, she needed guidance navigating her new home.”I didn’t have any support system. I didn’t know…
Berkeley activist uses Disability Pride Month to promote disability quilt project
By Ryan Yamamoto Updated on: July 28, 2025 / 9:27 AM PDT Every July, Pride Disability Month gives Maya Morya Selkie Scott another reason to celebrate and cover herself in sequins, color, and a lot of fabulous glam.”I am a living, breathing, dancing, rainbow,” said Scott. But for Scott, who uses an electric wheelchair to…
Supreme Court clears way for states to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid
Patients do not have legal standing to sue if a state denies their right to see their preferred medical provider, the court said in a 6-3 ruling. By Alice Miranda Ollstein, Josh Gerstein and Lauren Gardner Updated: 06/26/2025 01:22 PM EDT The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for states to exclude Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. In…
Maine Senate rejects effort to ban trans girls from sports
Bills mark the first of several targeting transgender rights that will go before lawmakers in the coming days By: Eesha Pendharkar and Lauren McCauley – June 12, 2025 10:04 pm Despite pressure from the Trump administration to repeal protections for transgender student athletes, lawmakers in the Maine Senate late Thursday rejected legislation that would restrict transgender students’ access to school…
Court blocks Trump admin’s anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions on grants for domestic violence and homeless shelters
The order comes in a lawsuit brought by a nationwide coalition of groups serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness. Trudy Ring July 28 2025 1:16 AM EST A federal judge in Rhode Island has granted a temporary restraining order blocking conditions the Trump administration had placed on grants to organizations…
Kaiser to Stop Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Minors, Leaving Trans Kids With Fewer Options
Katie DeBenedetti Jul 24, 2025 Calder Storm doesn’t know where to turn for gender-affirming care for his 16-year-old daughter. After Palo Alto-based Stanford Medicine stopped offering gender-related surgical procedures for minors last month, he planned to enroll her as a patient at Kaiser Permanente — widely regarded as a bastion of trans health care. But on Wednesday, the health…
Detentions of DACA recipients show they’re not shielded from Trump’s mass deportations
The Trump administration said it doesn’t consider DACA a “form of legal status in this country,” though current recipients are legally allowed to remain in the U.S. July 24, 2025, 2:08 PM CDT By Nicole Acevedo Missing an exit while driving on a San Diego freeway upended the life of Erick Hernandez, a DACA recipient…
Over a million queer women rely on Medicaid. What happens if they lose it?
Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to be low-income, more likely to be parents and more likely to rely on Medicaid. They could fall through the cracks of Trump’s new tax law. By Orion Rummler, Chabeli Carrazana July 24, 2025, 5:00 a.m. CT Sara Habein, a mother of two living in northern Montana, recently learned that…
Oregon adoption policy on LGBTQ acceptance violates free speech rights, court says
By Diana Novak Jones July 24, 2025 2:55 PM CDT Summary Court rules Oregon policy violates free speech and religious rights Would-be adoptive parent wins injunction against policy in her case CHICAGO, July 24 (Reuters) – An Oregon woman seeking to adopt two children out of foster care will be allowed to move forward after…