India High Court Criminalizes Homosexual Sex
Sabelo Narasimhan, a queer trans Desi organizer and photographer, and Gardiner Harris, New York Times South Asia correspondent, discuss the ruling by the high court in India which re-criminalizes...
View ArticleBratton Says He Marched to Honor NYPD Tradition, Not Against Gay Groups
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was the highest profile city official to march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Monday, since others in the de Blasio administration chose to stay away in...
View ArticleTransgender Community Seeks Dialogue to Break Barriers
Has someone ever asked you an awkward question that turned into a teachable moment? Something about your race, religion, or gender that seemed offensive, but you knew wasn't coming from malice?For...
View ArticleArchival Papers Show Discrimination Against Gays in Government
In November 1964, just four months after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Civil Rights Act, a Johnson administration official asked one what the policy was when it came to firing a gay...
View ArticleU.S. May Change Blood Donor Policy for Gay & Bi-Sexual Men
On World AIDS Day, we're looking back at a policy that has barred men who have sex with men anytime from giving blood.In 1983, months after researchers discovered the frightening AIDS virus, health...
View Article#47 - JebBushforPresident.com
CJ Philips and Charlie Rainwater bought JebBushforPresident.com back in 2008 -- but not because they're huge Bush fans or want to sell the address at a markup. With the 2016 election approaching, the...
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Photos: Historic St. Patrick's Day Parade Brings Out Celebrants — and...
An openly gay group marched in the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade — a first in the event’s more than 250-year history.Out@NBCUniversal members march up 5th Avenue in New York's St. Patrick's...
View ArticleToday's Takeaways: Fighting Extremism, Uncertain Deadlines, 'Traditional'...
June 29, 2015: 1. Violence Sweeps Through Tunisia, France & Kuwait | 2. Why Militants Join Boko Haram | 3. Supreme Court Issues Major Rulings on Death Penalty, Environment | 4. Is Obamacare Living...
View ArticleLGBT Catholics: What Do You Want the Pope To Say To You?
Gay and transgender Catholics want to meet with the pope during his first visit to the United States in September to discuss the treatment of LGBT people in the Church.LGBT-identified Catholics: what...
View ArticleDonating Fetal Tissue; Lowering the Cost of Cancer Drugs; Mo Rocca Returns
An anti-abortion group is accusing Planned Parenthood of pocketing profits by selling fetal tissue. Hear about the logistics of donating fetal tissue from abortions, and the scientific research it...
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Georgia governor to veto religious exemptions bill
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaks from the State Capitol in Atlanta on Jan. 30, 2014. Deal announced Monday that he planned to veto a religious exemptions bill that protected same-sex marriage opponents....
View ArticleBattle Brewing Over LGBT Rights in the Southeast
Sarah Warbelow, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, discusses what civil rights activists consider efforts to weaken anti-discrimination protections for the LGBT community in North Carolina,...
View ArticleWhat Drives Corporate Activism? (Surprise! It’s Money)
Why - and when - do corporations care about gay rights?Susan McPherson, a corporate responsibility expert and founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, a communications consultancy firm focusing on the...
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Springsteen cancels North Carolina concert over law limiting LGBT rights
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band have cancelled their concert scheduled for tomorrow in Greensboro, North...
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News Wrap: NC governor moves to alter new LGBT law
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: North Carolina’s governor moved to ease or change parts of a new law on gay, lesbian and transgender rights. Pat McCrory ordered...
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How North Carolina’s bathroom law sparked a business backlash
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But, first, there’s been no letup in the anger, battles and protests in North Carolina over its new LGBT bathroom law. The fallout is not just...
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Justice Department says North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law is a Civil Rights Act...
Photo by Flickr user torbakhopper.The Justice Department has now weighed in on a North Carolina law that has been considered the most anti-LGBT law in the United States.Justice Department officials...
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For transgender people in North Carolina, it’s about more than bathrooms
Protesters march to show their opposition against House Bill 2, which they urged lawmakers to repeal as legislators convened for a short session in Raleigh, North Carolina. Photo by Marti...
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NC’s federal funds for public colleges in crosshairs of LGBT law
The 17-university system risks losing more than $1.4 billion in federal funds. Photo by Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty ImagesRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s prized public universities could be the biggest...
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NC governor: We need clarity on bathroom law, but not from the executive branch
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: It was an openly contentious day, as the fight intensified over a controversial state law in North Carolina, restricting bathroom use to one’s gender at...
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Attorney General Lynch tells transgender community ‘we see you’
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch stands during the announcement of law enforcement action against the state of North Carolina on May 9, 2016. Photo by REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON — In suing her...
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Obama directs public schools to accommodate transgender students
A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at a restaurant in Durham, North Carolina May 5, 2016. Photo by Jonathan Drake/REUTERSWASHINGTON — Public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms...
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The lines are drawn in national debate over transgender bathroom access
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The battle over the use of school facilities by transgender students has already flared up in North Carolina and in other communities, including in...
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Transgender bathroom battle goes national with Obama school directive
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The political and social struggle over bathrooms and gender blew up today. The spark came from a letter sent to school districts across the nation by the...
View ArticleItzhak Perlman Cancels Raleigh Concert Over 'Bathroom Bill'
Itzhak Perlman was supposed to have been en route to North Carolina Tuesday night, but the eminent violinist canceled his plans and remained in New York, speaking of his outrage against the state's...
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Amid shouts of ‘shame,’ House GOP defeats gay rights measure
At a news conference immediately after the vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan denied knowledge about the vote-switching. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueWASHINGTON — Democrats shouted “Shame! Shame!,” but...
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GOP conservatives sink spending bill over LGBT rights
Conservatives angered by the inclusion of LGBT protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday, a stark display of the potency of a civil rights issue suddenly prominent...
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News Wrap: LGBT rights fight sinks major energy bill in U.S. House
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff.HARI SREENIVASAN: And I’m Hari Sreenivasan.JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight: President Obama says world leaders...
View ArticlePride March Mixes Celebration With Resolve After Orlando Shooting
New York City's annual gay pride parade began on Sunday with a moment of silence for the victims of the massacre at an Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub two weeks earlier.Because of the shooting that...
View ArticleLGBT Beyond Marriage Rights
Carlos Ball, law professor at Rutgers University, Newark, and the editor of After Marriage Equality: The Future of LGBT Rights (NYU Press, 2016), surveys scholars and activists on where the LGBT...
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama administration policy on transgender...
Photo by William Brangham/PBS NewsHourA federal judge in Texas is temporarily blocking the Obama administration’s guidance directing public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms...
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How a legal ruling on transgender bathroom access affects schools
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The decision by a Texas judge to block the Obama administration’s rules on transgender bathrooms and locker rooms comes just as the school year is...
View ArticleThe Double-Edged Sword of American Support of LGBT Rights in Africa
As a part of NPR's A Nation Engaged series, we take a look at the struggle for African LGBT activists who are wrestling with the need — and imposition — of American support."Homosexuality has taken...
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How could President Trump or Clinton influence national LGBTQ rights?
Equality t-shirts are seen for sale at the International Gay Rodeo Association’s Rodeo In the Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States April 24, 2015. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/ReutersNEW YORK — THE...
View ArticleSplit down the middle
At a time when Donald Trump is assuming leadership of a divided nation, Reveal heads to Jacksonville, Florida, one of the most divided cities in America.We look at policing, immigration, education and...
View ArticleNYC Public Schools Expand Protections for Transgender Students
Days after the Trump administration rescinded federal protections for transgender students, New York City officials are doing the opposite.The Department of Education announced a range of new policies...
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5 overlooked stories you should read now
A man walks in front of a replica of Unha-3 rocket displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo by Damir Sagolj/ReutersLast week started with a potential nuclear standoff, saw two...
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DeVos non-committal on banning discrimination against LGBTQ students in...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee in Washington, D.C. in June. Photo by Aaron P....
View ArticleFirst Openly Gay Judge Nominated to New York's High Court
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated a judge to New York's highest court who, if confirmed, will become the first openly gay member of that panel.Appellate court judge Paul Feinman, an LGBT rights advocate,...
View ArticleDOJ Aids Hate Crime Case After Gender-Fluid Teen is Killed
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently dispatched a federal lawyer to Iowa to assist in the...
View ArticleHow the Wedding Cake Court Case Could Affect Civil Rights in New York
On Tuesday, Justices at the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first case on LGBT rights since its 2015 ruling for marriage equality. The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, pits...
View ArticleScotland Aims to Stamp Out Homophobia Through LGBTQ Education
It’s Transgender Awareness Week in the U.S., a moment to draw attention to the issues that the transgender community faces every day of the year. To mark the week, we’re going to be spotlighting some...
View ArticleA History of Queer Protest
Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown join us to discuss their new book, We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation. The book is an expansion on their popular Instagram...
View ArticlePodcast: Decades After Stonewall, Police Departments Struggle to Build Trust...
Decades After Stonewall, Police Departments Struggle to Build Trust with LGBTQ CommunityLast week, the NYPD formally apologized for the 1969 raid at the Stonewall Inn. But fifty years after Stonewall,...
View ArticleDecades After Stonewall, Police Departments Struggle to Build Trust with...
On June 28, 1969, the New York City Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in downtown Manhattan. Officers physically and verbally harassed the LGBTQ patrons of the bar, and performed...
View ArticleProgress for LGBTQ+ Rights in the Supreme Court
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision protecting LGBTQ+ employees fromdiscrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The news was gratifying for many...
View ArticleWhat a Biden Presidency Would Mean for LGBTQ+ Rights
For the past four years, President Donald Trump has chipped away at the rights of LGBTQ+ people in America. He’s barred transgender people from openly serving in the military and rolled back...
View ArticleThe Early Days of ACT-UP, and Its Lessons for Today’s Activists
Sarah Schulman is a novelist and playwright as well as a well-known activist and documentarian. She was an early member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, and, for twenty years, she and the...
View ArticleState Sponsored Hate: Uganda's Antigay Laws
Last month, Uganda’s parliament passed several new laws that criminalize openly identifying as LGBTQ+, adding on to brutal discrimination LGBTQ+ Ugandans have faced for years. The Takeaway talks with...
View ArticleI Still Love My Dad, But I Don't Love Guns
In 2021, a listener we’re calling Jack wrote to us about a conversation he wanted to have with his dad about guns.Jack grew up in West Virginia, in a family that loved to hunt and shoot. His dad has a...
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