Amazon removes explicit references to LGBTQ+ and Black employees from its corporate pledges, sparking concerns over diversity ...

Cecile Richards, a lifelong advocate for women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 years, has died at the age of 67 after a battle with brain cancer, her family said in a statement Monday ...

The federal government will only recognize two sexes, male and female, under an executive order that President Donald Trump signed Monday. The order reverses efforts by the Biden administration to ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a “Marxist” ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde makes plea with Trump: have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. Photo credit: CNN On Tuesday, President Trump attended a prayer service at the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed outgoing state Rep. Shawn Thierry, who recently switched from the Democrat to Republican party, to the state’s juvenile justice board. Thierry was elected to the ...

Thousands of people from around the United States rallied in the nation’s capital Saturday for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump ...

History Revisited: Activists’ 1977 protest against antigay crusader Anita Bryant in downtown became known as “Houston’s Stonewall.” (Photo by Glynda Robbins) Ex-beauty queen and orange juice ...

WASHINGTON — Two moderate South Texas Democrats voted Tuesday to ban federal funds for schools that allow trans athletes in girls sports, breaking from the rest of their party. U.S. Reps. Vicente ...

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