As the Department of Education investigates a Houston-area school district for its gender policy, Ken Paxton is defying Biden's new Title IX regulations.

When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there’s often a shocked look that comes across ...

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.

Most of the states challenging the regulation have laws restricting what teams transgender athletes can play on. Lawsuits also have been filed in federal courts in Texas, Alabama, Louisiana and ...

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

Five states file suit against Biden’s Department of Education to halt implementation of the new civil rights in education regulations.

He said while the national trend has been a little slower to take hold in New Hampshire, the election year has created the perfect storm. “I think you have the combination of nationalization and ...

Annise Parker made history when she became the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city in 2010. Her tenure as the city’s top elected ... in Texas at the time. Dylan McGuinness is the political ...

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune analyzed 35 Texas school districts that held trustee elections last fall and found none that posted all of the required campaign finance records.