Mississippi

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Federal court rules Mississippi businesses can discriminate against LGBTQ people

Thursday, June 22, 2017

The shocking decision will let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples and single parents.

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This mom will fight all the way to state supreme court to keep her rights

Friday, June 2, 2017

A lesbian is asking the Mississippi court to recognize her as a legal parent of a child born during her marriage to a woman. It'll be a challenge.

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First person in nation will be sentenced for an anti-trans hate crime today

Monday, May 15, 2017

Joshua Vallum pled guilty in December to hate crimes charges in the 2015 death of 17-year-old Mercedes Williamson.

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Same-sex couples plead with court to let them sue North Carolina over marriage

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The latest courtroom showdown between antigay Christian magistrates and same-sex couples is all about the benjamins.

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Mississippi funeral home refused to pick up body when they found out he was gay

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

When the funeral home found out he was married to another man, they did the worst thing possible.

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Gay men at risk of syphilis in South, report says

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Syphilis has been on the rise for the last 15 years, even though it can be treated with antibiotics.

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Our side destroyed Mississippi’s ‘license to discriminate’ law in court

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

"We should have the right to celebrate our anniversary in any establishment we choose, and we should hold hands without fear of being humiliated."

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Arguments over Mississippi religious exemptions law goes to federal court

Monday, April 3, 2017

The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.

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Millsaps College honors lawyer who won Mississippi same-sex adoption rights

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Roberta Kaplan led the fight to overturn the Mississippi's religious liberty law, arguing it was discriminatory.

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One week into 2017, Mississippi reports year’s first transgender murder

Friday, January 6, 2017

“If everyone in the U.S. were murdered at the rate young black trans women and femmes are, there’s no doubt that the public would consider this a crisis of massive proportions.”

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