TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. Ruling in response to a…

In the time Sam Brownback was our senator, and later governor, I’ve been to dozens of his speeches. But I never saw him deliver a sermon before.  I did Friday, at the Wichita Pachyderm Club. …

The Iola Public Library will look at how Kansans contributed to a civil rights movement for the LGBTQ community Saturday. The library will host speaker Brandon West to discuss “Pride: From Stonewall to Small Town…

Public officials’ actions can be flawed or a fraud. Yet some people applaud. June 12, Salina’s city commission offered a prime example. A routine proclamation was read and signed by the mayor. It recognized Pride…

More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations — a fifth of the U.S. total — have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people in the…

Last week, you may have seen an audio recording leaked of a local Kansas GOP party chairman advocating for a multifaceted plan to turn Kansas into a shining beacon of conservatism for the rest of…

TOPEKA — Intersex women and those born with sexual development conditions would be classified as disabled and required to use separate bathrooms and locker rooms from both women and men under legislation being considered by…

TOPEKA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is prepared to challenge the Kansas Legislature’s annual attacks on transgender children, voting rights and reproductive health care while searching for common ground on criminal justice…

The worst — and best — of this country was reflected in Saturday’s deadly attack on a Colorado Springs nightclub. The bar, Club Q, caters to the city’s LGBTQ community. It allegedly was targeted by…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate won’t vote on legislation to secure marriage equality for millions of Americans until after the midterm elections, bipartisan negotiators announced Thursday. The move follows weeks of behind-the-scenes discussions among five…