LGBTQ+ Equity

Three Tennessee families—and the Biden administration—are challenging the state's ban.

At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

Republicans spent $222 million on anti-trans and LGBTQ advertising in the campaign. Various policy initiatives are on the incoming administration's to-do list.

More than half of U.S. states have limited access to gender affirming care for minors. That includes Indiana and Kentucky. Now, the nation’s highest court will take up a case out of Tennessee this December that could have ripple effects across the country.

The first LGBTQ+ inclusive bourbon festival in the United States is taking place this week throughout several regions across the commonwealth.

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai‘i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky has expanded its capacity to offer gender-affirming care services in Indiana. The organization said it hopes to meet the need of transgender Hoosiers seeking care.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear joined health care professionals and activists Wednesday as he signed an executive order he said would restrict conversion therapy in Kentucky.

A restroom area under construction at a new middle school in Lexington drew the attention of several Kentucky lawmakers Tuesday during a legislative committee meeting, leading some to consider potential legislation to prevent other schools from following a bathroom model for gender-neutral spaces.

A man who allegedly threatened to attack Louisville venue Whirling Tiger was arrested on Tuesday. He sent videos and messages including racist and anti-LGBTQ+ slurs, as well as death threats directed at a local punk band, police say.

This year’s Louisville Pride Festival features several local artists across music genres. Organizers said they wanted to reflect the diversity of the city’s LGBTQ+ community.