LGBTQ rights

Across Indiana, community attitudes toward LGBTQ pride seem to be warming as more communities host events. Even as a wide swath of organizers told WFYI they have seen improvements, some groups report more harassment, wavering sponsors, and local government trouble compared with years past.

An IU Health employee alleges in a new lawsuit that he faced a hostile work environment and retaliation for speaking out about harassment tied to his sexual orientation.

A Senate committee passed a measure to ban transgender women from competing in collegiate athletics. Democrats proposed several amendments to pull back or clarify the measure — all failed along party lines.

The Indiana Department of Health issued new guidance to local and county health departments to stop accepting gender change requests for Indiana birth records.

IYG, North America’s oldest continuously operating organization for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults, is speaking up after a House committee passed a collegiate transgender sports ban.

Advocates and LGBTQ+ Hoosiers gathered at the Statehouse Thursday to share resources and call attention to a measure to walk back Indiana’s gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth.

Trump's campaign promised policies targeting the transgender community once he's in office. LGBTQ groups face fear, anxiety and uncertainty as they prep for an anticipated challenging four years.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s effort to expand protections for LGBTQ+ students.

Indiana’s education department is telling school districts not to adopt new federal protections for LGBTQ+ students and sex-based discrimination as the the rules are challenged in federal court.

Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass says he’d rather leave his job than be charged with implementing new restrictions on transgender students under Senate Bill 150.