Civil Rights

If elected, Andrew Niquette will make history as the youngest member of Georgia’s General Assembly.

The Rev. William Barber, state NAACP president and driving force behind the rally, portrayed Trump’s election as a right-wing response to recent expansions of equality and justice.

“The Trump administration appears to be systematically scrubbing the progress made for LGBTQ people from official websites.”

“Both sides of the debate actually get more of their priorities put into law when they work together.”

“Never say never. You never know what’s going to happen.”

This epic drama aims to tell “the tale of a family of individuals that helped pioneer one of the last legs of the LGBT movement.”

“How is he going to be the top watchdog for the country when he’s so biased?”

Lawmakers and advocates expressed concern Friday that Sessions could sideline or undo the Obama administration’s transgender protections.

About 60 investors representing $2.1 trillion in managed assets are joining the call for North Carolina to repeal its law.

This ruling may set a potentially devastating precedent for trans people that can be traced to the Hobby Lobby decision.

In traveling her moral spiral of progress, Hillary Clinton has bent toward justice. And yes, she is a true mensch.

“This state has spent far too long putting a bullseye on my back and the backs of the people standing with me,” Sims declared.

George Takei explains.

“We’re the gay Americans whose blood ran in the streets of San Francisco and New York, just as blood ran down this bridge.”

LGBT Americans are fighting for the same rights to equality that African Americans fought for decades ago, says Biden.

CHICAGO — Mary L. Bonauto, the Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been awarded a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant.” The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on Wednesday this year’s recipients of the grants that have been …

Calling yourself a Christian does not give you special privileges in this country. Calling yourself a Christian does not make you a better American than me. And calling yourself a Christian does not absolve you from rights and responsibilities that all Americans have. This is not, nor has it ever been, a Christian nation, and the rest of us who don’t practice your beliefs do not exist here for your will and pleasure.

AUSTIN, Texas — David Boies and Ted Olson, the legal team who helped take down California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, were on hand for the the kick-off Tuesday of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas — NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell says the fight for equality for gay athletes reminds him of the civil rights movement of African-Americans in the 1960s.

In a new interview to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the daughters of former U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson discuss marriage equality for same-sex couples, and reflect on what their father might think of same-sex marriage.