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same sex marriage, same sex marriage Supreme court, same sex marriage 10 years theGrio.com
June 26, 2025
10 years later, have US adults' views on same-sex marriage changed since the groundbreaking Supreme Court's 2015 ruling?
Corporate Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign, affirmative action, corporate DEI rollbacks, theGrio.com
January 8, 2025
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2025 Corporate Equality Index has emerged as a top target of conservative activists.
A Black LGBTQ+ Lives Matter flag
June 23, 2023
Members of the Black queer community in Alabama are uniting to fight for basic human rights, and a new mini-doc…
Celebratory Event For FOX's "Accused" - Arrivals
May 25, 2023
Lambda Legal will honor Billy Porter and late LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid at its 2023 National Liberty Awards.
GLAAD report
December 20, 2022
The states with the most threats and demonstrations against drag events in 2022 were Texas, North Carolina and Illinois.
August 28, 2022
A recent case shows how laws banning trans athletes can be weaponized and do more harm than good, especially against…
May 4, 2022
Church leaders in America are being asked to show support for the LGBTQ community as anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeps the nation.
March 16, 2022
New legislation in Florida dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill will soon become law with the signature of Gov. Ron…
UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3
October 5, 2021
Dave Chappelle was called out for jokes in his Netflix special, The Closer, where he quips about DaBaby's homophobia, trans…
August 27, 2021
Inoke Tonga, Valor Christian High School's 30-year-old former volleyball coach, detailed his story in a lengthy social media post.
President Joe Biden stands behind a podium wearing a blue suit and blue striped tie
February 4, 2021
Biden's latest memo supports global LGBTQ rights. The president also pledges to extend asylum to the LGBTQ community abroad.
November 28, 2020
The president-elect is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists, proposing to take on virtually every major proposal on their wish…
June 13, 2019
In a landmark decision, Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize consensual same-sex relationships rejecting laws punishable by prison.
LGBTQ
June 3, 2019
The two LGBTQ activists will be immortalized with statues in the area where the gay rights movement started 50 years…
Darnell Moore thegrio.com
May 25, 2018
Award-winning writer and Black Lives Matter activist, Darnell Moore, knows a thing or two about the true meaning of survival.
March 30, 2018
[griojw id=”7SRXcgrD” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] For as long as there have been Black people, there have been Black LGBTQ/same gender loving (SGL)
May 11, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber, who led the state NAACP in blocking North Carolina's attempts to limit…
July 15, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Kobe Bryant has come forward with words of encouragement for Caitlyn Jenner even as she is getting…