LGBTQ+ Good News

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A person with reddish-brown hair holds a hand-painted sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS" in a crowd of protesters on a city street lined with buildings and trees.

New report shows trans students thrive when their teachers support them: 'Higher grades and belonging'

Actions as simple as asking for and affirming a student’s name and pronouns can make trans students feel substantially safer and more likely to succeed in the classroom, a new report shows.

Two rangers talk to a group of park visitors.

The Trump administration wants to scrub 'disparaging' national park history. Meet the librarians preserving it anyway

The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling.

People wearing winter coats hold trans pride flags and a sign reading "TRANS" at an outdoor gathering.

Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care for minors, despite latest federal attempt to block it

Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18.

White modern apartment building with a rainbow flag on its facade, situated among green trees and other residential buildings in an urban street scene.

This new subsidized apartment complex in Berlin was made exclusively for lesbians and bisexual women

The 72 units are joined by an LGBTQ+ cultural center, neighborhood cafe, and event spaces.

Protesters hold signs in front of a large stone government building. One sign reads "STAY OUT of my STALL you creeps!!!" with a transgender flag; another lists "Cruelty to minority," "Bankrupt Idaho," and "Sell land to our INSIDERS."

Idaho banned trans people from bathrooms. So this group made a statewide map of where they can go instead

Trans Affirm crowd-sources online map of inclusive bathrooms across Idaho that it says are safe for people who are trans or gender diverse to use.

Candor Plum hugs Assemblywoman Luanne Peterpaul as Bill S2260 / A2218 passes the Aseemlby in Trenton on June 30, 2026

New Jersey makes it illegal to interfere with reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare

The law makes it a fourth-degree crime to harass or harm patients and healthcare providers, staff, or volunteers or block them from entering a facility that provides reproductive care, including services for trans people.

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Good News This Week: June 27, 2026 - Elks, Corals, & Wildlife Crossings

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A group of men and women hold rainbow umbrellas and wear T-shirts reading 'Pride @ Kodak.'

In the 1970s, there were no workplace protections for LGBTQ+ people. This company paved the way

In the 1970s there were no legal protections for LGBTQ workers outside of a handful of cities. If a company found out you were gay, it could fire you on the spot.

Rainbow lasers beam into the sky in front of San Francisco's Civic Center

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned cities against Pride displays. San Francisco doubled down with rainbow lasers

"We have always been a city that leads with our values," Mayor Daniel Lurie said.

On the left, a street light on a city corner covered in the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag. On the right, a separate street light also covered in the same flag.

Greg Abbott banned rainbow crosswalks in Texas. So El Paso wrapped Pride flags around their street lights instead

City officials collaborated with local LGBTQ+ communities to find a legal loophole around Governor Abbott’s 2025 order.

A photo collage of a group of people playing soccer at a fundraising event, a close-up of a rusty patched bumble bee, a crowd of people carrying a huge Pride flag at a parade, a mangrove sits in a body of water, and a 3D scientific illustration of an immune cell interacting with a larger cancer cell

Good News This Week: June 13, 2026 - Bees, Mangroves, & Pride Parades