LGBTQIA+ Issues
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes rise in CA
Hate crimes against members of the LGBTQ+ community have risen for the second year in a row, according to the latest "State of Pride" report from the …
Report: 988 lifeline provides robust support for mental health crisis in Tennessee
A mental health report in Tennessee revealed a strong response rate of 89% for 988 crisis line calls. The report from the advocacy group Inseparable …
New IN law requires five-year tenure reviews of professors
With just over a month before Indiana university students return, a new law affecting college professor tenures is in full effect. The law targets …
AZ senator: Many liberties at stake ahead of election
Abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, gun-violence and democracy itself are some of the issues Democrats said are at stake ahead of November's election. Sen…
Controversy continues over Ohio 'Bathroom Bill'
By Eduardo Miranda Strobel / Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi reporting for the Kent State NewsLab-Ohio News Connection Collaboration. Concerns of …
Advocacy groups want NM's Governor to halt special legislative session
New Mexico advocacy groups are calling on New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to cancel next week's special session where lawmakers are scheduled …
Majority of married same-sex couples say marriage equality threatened
Twenty years after Massachusetts became the first state to permit marriage equality, a majority of same-sex married couples say it had a profound …
SD artist duo makes murals by, for and with communities
By Rebecca Froehlich for Arts Midwest.Broadcast version by Kathleen Shannon for Greater Dakota News Service reporting for the Arts Midwest-Public News…
NE LGBTQ+ group focuses on new voter ID law during Pride Month
For some LGBTQ+ voters in Nebraska, the state's new voter ID law brought up issues in the May primary election and could again in November's General …
USD threats to fire staff part of larger trend
The University of South Dakota threatened to fire staff members in what some see as an ongoing attack on academic freedom, according to reporting in …
Report: Marriage equality strengthened families but many worry for future
Twenty years after the first state permitted marriage equality, a majority of same-sex married couples said it had a profound positive effect on …
North Carolina businesses fear effects of 'bathroom bill'
North Carolina's business community is alarmed after Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson praised the controversial House Bill 2, known as the "Bathroom Bill," at …