LGBTQ

LGBTQ Activists Have Worked to Strengthen LGBTQ Protections for Years. What’s Making Arizona Cities Finally Listen?

Arizona is one of 38 states that has not banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Jessica Swarner June 15, 2021 1:39 pm MST

LGBTQ ‘Hip Historian’ Makes Impact on Arizona’s Transgender History

The end of Nicolai De Raylan’s life offers insight into the extremely tragic way transgender people were treated back in the early 1900s.

Katelyn Keenehan June 4, 2021 9:02 am MST

Politics

Politics GOP-Backed Bill Limiting LGBTQ Sex Ed—Dubbed Strictest in the Nation—Passes Arizona House

Democrats say the bill will harm LGBTQ children. It will now go to Gov. Doug Ducey. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a ban on any HIV/AIDS instruction that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle” as they faced a lawsuit, they have approved revamping the state’s sex education laws to make them some of the strictest in...

Bob Christie April 14, 2021 2:42 pm MST

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Activists Win Yearslong Battle for Mesa Nondiscrimination Ordinance

“By passing this nondiscrimination policy tonight, you will make it possible for me … to come home and be a part of Mesa’s vibrant future.” Michael Soto, the executive director of Equality Arizona and a transgender man, said he didn’t feel he and his family could live the lives they wanted to in Mesa. But...

Jessica Swarner March 3, 2021 2:59 pm MST

LGBTQ

LGBTQ Phoenix Gets Perfect Score on LGBTQ Inclusion for 8th Year in a Row

HRC has given Phoenix a perfect score since 2012 when the city made it unlawful to discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.