Emergency room nurse Molly Cook will make history as Texas' first openly LGBTQ+ state senator after winning a special election to occupy the post during the remaining months of recently elected ...

In the world of American politics, one truth remains constant: the influence of our voices has the power to shape the future.

Molly Cook says her job as an ER nurse has made her all too aware of how bad policy can threaten people's lives.

Katy ISD’s board voted this past fall to require staff to notify parents if their child wants to use a different pronoun or identifies as a different gender.

Republican plaintiffs call the effort to fold protection for transgender students under the 1972 Title IX law unconstitutional. The lawsuits filed in federal courts in Missouri and Oklahoma are the ...

In a groundbreaking victory, Molly Cook secured a historic win in the special election for District 15 in the Texas Senate, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ member to serve in the upper chamber.

Many advocates say state leaders could be doing more to protect LGBTQ+ students, but the debate among lawmakers is far from settled.

Though the NCAA doesn’t publish the number of openly transgender ... have laws barring transgender girls and young women from playing sports — even though many of the politicians who passed ...

This article is co-published with The Texas ... won the two open seats. Political activity within local races like school boards has not been a major concern until the last few election cycles ...

limiting which school bathrooms transgender people can use, requiring school staff to notify parents if their student identifies in school as transgender, and barring school staff from being ...

Bonta titled the measure the "Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth ... because attorney generals are elected officials who often have a future in politics. Bonta, for example, is expected to ...