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10 years after winning marriage equality, Jim Obergefell wants to aim higher
The Ohio man reflects on the case that rewrote his life — and how much further the fight for LGBTQ+ rights must go.
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Three states pass ballot measures to further protect LGBTQ+ marriage
The moves to codify marriage equality will provide comfort to some who see incoming President Donald Trump as hostile to LGBTQ+ rights.
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LGBTQ+ parents are rushing to adopt their children before Trump is sworn in
Attorneys have been inundated with requests for adoptions, a safeguard some queer families are using to make sure they retain parental rights to their nonbiological kids before a second Trump administration that may be hostile to LGBTQ+ people.
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Can LGBTQ+ Arizonans still feel safe in their state?
Interviews with over a dozen queer Arizonans who have left or are considering leaving reveal unease about the state’s willingness to protect their marriages and bodies.
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Virginia is set to get its first woman governor
Two women, Democratic former Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, will lead their parties in the fight for the governor’s mansion and control of state government this November.
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Supreme Court rules to keep Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban in place
This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care at a time when the Trump administration has prioritized restricting it for transgender people.
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Hawaii voters could be asked to amend state constitution on marriage equality
A section of the state's Bill of Rights still gives the legislature the power to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.
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‘We don’t want to leave’: If Obergefell is overturned, LGBTQ+ people in the South will bear the brunt
For LGBTQ+ couples in southern states, love and their community support systems have anchored them in states without marriage equality safeguards.
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As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025
The 19th is tracking the emerging trends, firsts and surprises this year as statehouse Republicans brought a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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The post-election question: What comes next for trans people?
LGBTQ+ leaders have been preparing for this moment for years. Unlike 2016, organizations have strategies in motion for a second Trump administration.