Sexual orientation discrimination
University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas competes in the 500-yard freestyle finals at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Column: Lia Thomas sparks all sorts of conflicting thoughts

By Paul Newberry Mar. 18, 2022 04:34 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 07:10 AM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Our kids’ education should be based on fact, not propaganda ' Editorial ...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. May 17, 2021. Editorial: Republican lawmakers should deal with real issues instead of targeting transgender children...

Together for Peru transgender congressional candidate Gahela Cari, campaigns in the Casachacra shanty town on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Like virtually all political candidates, Cari has had to face off attacks over her proposals during her campaign for a seat in Peru's congress, but unlike the rest, she has also had to fend off transphobic harassment. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Discrimination part of everyday life for Peru's trans people

By Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 06, 2021 09:35 AM EDT

This 2021 photo provided by Jaime Mitchell shows him in New York. Mitchell is co-plaintiff in lawsuit filed Monday, March 29, 2021, by nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance saying that the state is discriminating against them by failing to provide an X gender option. (Jaime Mitchell via AP)
NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark

By Michael Hill Mar. 29, 2021 12:13 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2021 07:28 AM EDT
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ March 23 The Winston-Salem Journal on the...

Sen. Angela Hill, R-Picayune, adjusts her face masks while asking a question as lawmakers discuss and debate bills in their chamber at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Analysis: Mississippi finds wedge issue, even amid pandemic

By Emily Wagster Pettus Feb. 21, 2021 05:00 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 08:26 AM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Feb. 16 The Intelligencer on youth...

Kansas proposal against transgender athletes gets traction

By John Hanna Feb. 12, 2021 01:44 PM EST
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal aimed at keeping transgender students out of girls' and women's sports is attracting enough interest in the Republican...

Panama lifts gender-based restrictions on movement

Sep. 14, 2020 02:12 PM EDT
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama lifted a five-month-old coronavirus measure Monday that had restricted women from going out one day, and men the next. ...

Health secretary hits back after transphobic attacks

Jul. 28, 2020 05:24 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s health secretary hit back Tuesday against the “perpetuators and the perpetrators” of transphobic attacks against her,...

North Dakota governor blasts party's anti-LGBTQ resolution

By James Macpherson Jul. 23, 2020 12:59 PM EDT
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican governor on Thursday blasted an anti-LGBTQ resolution that was passed by hundreds of his party's delegates,...

Dem AGs sue to stop rule revoking transgender protections

By Michael R. Sisak Jul. 20, 2020 06:45 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump Administration on Monday, seeking to block next month’s implementation of a...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 03:21 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ July 6 The Florida Times-Union on the Affordable...

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrives at the Capitol in Washington. Roberts told graduating seniors at his son's high school that the coronavirus has “pierced our illusion of certainty and control" and counseled them to make their way in a world turned upside down with humility, compassion and courage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions

By Jessica Gresko And Mark Sherman Jun. 30, 2020 12:20 AM EDT

Anti-abortion protesters wait outside the Supreme Court for a decision, Monday, June 29, 2020 in Washington on the Louisiana case, Russo v. June Medical Services LLC. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court's big opinions

By Jessica Gresko And Mark Sherman Jun. 29, 2020 04:29 PM EDT

In this photo taken Thursday, June 11, 2020, Ugandan gay refugee Martin Okello shows the scars he suffered in an attack in May, outside the house he shares with other LGBT refugees in Nairobi, Kenya. His life in Uganda was shattered in 2014 when a male sex worker tried to extort him for $10 and outed him as gay. Okello was fired from the Christian radio station where he worked and was kicked out of his home by his Catholic parents. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
LGBT refugees find a haven in Kenya despite persecution

By Tom Odula Jun. 20, 2020 03:06 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 06:15 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 17 The Post and Courier...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 03:41 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ June 17 The Miami Herald on surging COVID-19 cases...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ June 16 The Greenwood Commonwealth on the U.S....