LGBTQ+

Centering the voices and struggles of LGBTQ+ communities, this section covers the laws, movements, and cultural shifts shaping queer life in America and beyond. We report on rights under threat, hard-won victories, and the people leading the way forward.

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LGBTQ+ Archive

Red States Build Lists of Trans People — Criminal Penalties Coming Next

Kansas, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee are creating lists of transgender residents while a record-breaking 645 anti-trans bills move through state…

Trans College Student Murry Foust Missing for a Week in Kentucky as Family, Friends Plead for Help

Murry Foust, a 22-year-old trans Northern Kentucky University student, has been missing since April 27. Their car, phone, and bag…

The Isolation of MAGA Gay Men: Voting for a Party That Wants to Erase Them

In a time when gay rights are under attack in the U.S., a minority of gay American men are still…

Supreme Court Just Made it Harder to Protect LGBTQ+ Kids From Practice That Leads to Suicide

The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors likely violates free speech, threatening similar protections…

The Composer Who Brings Music, Joy and Trans Visibility to Her Church

While religion has been used for decades to ostracize many transgender people, Rachel Burckardt has found that her faith drives…

Meet the New Leader Coming For Gay Marriage

In the series premiere of “UNCLOSETED, with Spencer Macnaughton,” Spencer speaks with the woman at the helm of the Greater…

New State Law Invalidates Driver’s Licenses, Birth Certificates of Trans Kansans

Trans Kansans are suffering from the cruelty of the state legislature. A new law invalidates their driver's licenses, birth certificates,…

Uncloseted Media spoke to 8 trans inmates who say Bureau of Prisons illegally denying them care

Last June, a judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to restore gender-affirming accommodations for trans people after a Trump executive…

Trump Called Trans People Terrorists. Now They’re In Danger.

Increasing threats by intelligence agencies to investigate trans people as potential domestic terrorists are striking fear and anxiety in the…

Trump Attacked the LGBTQ Community For a Full Year: All That’s Been Lost

Since the inauguration, the Trump administration has relentlessly attacked the LGBTQ community. Here’s how.

Alliance Defending Freedom’s Cruel History with Conversion Therapy

The Christian legal group is currently trying to convince the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy.

Supreme Court Takes Up Historic Transgender Athletes Cases That Could Reshape Sports and Civil Rights

Two high-profile cases from Idaho and West Virginia are in front of the Justices as SCOTUS takes up transgender athletes…