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Lawmakers in Thailand approve bill to legalize same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.
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Amid book bans, DEI cuts and ‘Don't Say Gay' laws, 7 states will mandate LGBTQ-inclusive curricula
Washington will join six other states in requiring public schools to include LGBTQ-inclusive curricula.
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Support for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ protections dipped in 2023, survey shows
The share of U.S. adults who support same-sex marriage and laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination has dipped in the last year, a survey has found, according to NBC News.
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Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools that they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they’re not out at home.
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Nearly 30% of Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ, national survey finds
More than 1 in 4 Gen Z adults in the U.S. identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, dwarfing the percentages of LGBTQ Americans in older age groups, a new survey has found.
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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic and serve as godparents, Vatican says
The document was signed Oct. 21 by Pope Francis and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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Inside the anti-LGBTQ effort to put Christian prayer and the Bible back in schools
Some Christian pastors and politicians argue that school prayer would prevent children from identifying as transgender. LGBTQ rights advocates are fighting back.
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Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky couple denied marriage license
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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California business owner, mother of 9 killed after confrontation over Pride flag in front of her shop
Authorities say a California store owner has been fatally shot after a dispute over a LGBTQ Pride flag outside her business.
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Georgia panel rejects recommendation to fire teacher for reading book on gender fluidity to 5th graders
The panel reached a decision after a two-day hearing last week about whether Rinderle should be fired for reading the picture book “My Shadow is Purple” by Scott Stuart.
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Wendy Guevara becomes the first trans woman to win a Mexican reality TV series
Guevara won “La casa de los famosos México” with more than 18 million fan votes, marking a historic moment in Mexican reality TV.
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Murrieta Valley Unified School District approves controversial transgender policy
A new school policy that allows teachers to notify parents if students identify as transgender has been adopted at the Chino Valley Unified School District and approved at the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Red Cross now allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood following FDA guidelines
The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.
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3 people say they were tricked into appearing in anti-trans film ‘What Is a Woman?'
Three people who appeared in the viral documentary “What Is a Woman?” told NBC News that the producers misrepresented how it would portray transgender topics.
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Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request
A Colorado web designer who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled could refuse to make a wedding website for gay couples had cited a request from a man who says he never asked to work with her.
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Supreme Court: First Amendment allows Christian web designer to refuse LGBTQ clients
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist can refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.
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Anheuser-Busch CEO says his company will continue to support the LGBTQ community
Bud Light hired transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson, setting off a backlash the brand is still struggling to contain.
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For some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced. At least 10 states have enacted such laws and transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people expect states to rely on what they call vigilante enforcement by private individuals. Arkansas and Florida threaten educators’ licenses. Oklahoma promises to cut...
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Sorority says rules allow transgender woman to join Wyoming chapter
Members of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Wyoming sued in March, saying the sorority violated its own rules by admitting a transgender woman.
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‘Green Qween' cannabis store supports LGBTQ+ community
A cannabis store is committed to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, stocking LGBTQ+ owned products and donating to LGBTQ+ charities. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on June 21, 2021.