This year was a huge win for LGBT candidates. According to new data, 184 LGBT candidates have won elected offices — more than any other odd-numbered election year in the United States.

Intended as condemnation, the result was attention to critical needs. Representative Chip Roy did the LGBT community a favor by highlighting several projects in the 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion 2023 federal Omnibus appropriations. 

(LA Blade) Advocacy groups on Wednesday renewed calls for the U.S. and other countries to do more to help LGBT Afghans who remain inside Afghanistan after the Taliban regained control of it.

(WB) Immigrant advocacy groups in a federal lawsuit they filed on Monday say the Trump administration’s “death to asylum” rule would make it nearly impossible for members of the LGBT community and people with HIV/AIDS to seek asylum in the U.S.

Randy Berry, special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI persons, updated reporters on the status of his office’s mission, saying he’s engaged in "challenging conversations with foreign government officials."

While crime rates, generally speaking, have fallen during the shutdowns across the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic, that doesn’t appear to be the case for trans people who have been murdered so far this year. 

(WB) President Joe Biden traveling in New York state on Thursday announced that he was granting a pardon of all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.

Ahead of World AIDS Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an encouraging study for people living with HIV.

(WB) Advocacy groups have urged the U.S. and other countries to offer refuge to LGBT Afghans after the Taliban regained control of the country.

(WM) A federal appeals court has ruled against the U.S. State Department in its quest to deny the citizenship of one of two twins born abroad to a gay married couple.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, expressed a guarded reaction to the newest potential HIV cure case.

Florida gained one seat in Congress, data from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed this week.

(LA Blade) A record 7.1% of adults in the U.S. identify as LGBT, which doubles the percentage from 10 years ago, a Gallup poll found. 

As hate crimes rise across the United States, part of the story has yet to be revealed.

Numerous bills have been introduced throughout the U.S. that target LGBT students. However, a project was created to give schools a chance to help empower these students by applying for grants.

“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children, and the United States of America” is a famous quote often attributed to German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).

This is a troubling year for the American people.

As a city, we are blessed to have engaged neighborhood associations and citizens who are passionate about ensuring Life Is Just Better Here in the Island City.

It was a hard night for Democrats Tuesday, as candidates for governor in two heavily Democratic states lost enormous support — and at least one of the two seats — to Republicans.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, a popular Democrat in a deeply blue state, coasted to victory Tuesday as predicted, becoming the first lesbian to be elected governor of any state.

Many political analysts will be watching the Nov. 8 election returns to gauge the health of American democracy and see which political party will control the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.

It’s a midterm election year and while there are thousands of LGBT candidates out there, we put together a shortlist of noteworthy national campaigns to keep your eye on in 2022.

For more than 200 years, the musicians of “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band have played a role in American history. This September, South Florida audiences will get a rare opportunity to hear the music performed at the White House. 

More than a hundred personnel from airmen, soldiers of the U.S. Army and more are informing their superiors about seeking a transition thanks to a recent military transgender policy.

(WM) Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half-million households are made up of married same-sex couples, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Sept. 17.

(WB) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he will once again allow U.S. diplomatic installations to fly the Pride flag.

The U.S. is saying goodbye to the gender binary – at least as far as passports are concerned.

(WB) The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions against two Chechen officials under a 2012 human rights law.

Update: A White House National Security Council spokesperson explained why the U.S. made its decision to vote against the death penalty condemnation. “The United States unequivocally condemns the application of the death penalty for homosexuality, blasphemy,adultery and apostasy,” they said. “As in years past, we voted against this resolution because of broader concerns with the resolution’s approach to condemning the death penalty in all circumstances.”

The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a measure to condemn the death penalty for gay individuals. The United States was among 13 countries who voted against it.

The United States is helping LGBT groups in Ukraine by sending financial support.