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A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. “I may be out of a job, but I’m not out of hope,” Tavish Forsythe said. Forsythe is artistic director of Bird City Improv, which teaches improvisation for social change. Until Thursday, he was also a program director — a contract employee...

A now former Kennedy Center contract worker used nudity to express outrage at President Donald Trump’s takeover. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to them.

The first openly gay man to play in Australia’s domestic soccer league says he’s still subject to death threats four years after going public about his sexuality.

A group of young people gathered to call on the Prince William County school board to ensure the rights of LGBTQ students are protected. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ruled Trump’s order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.

“When trans rights are under attack what do we do?” said an activist to a crowd of protestors. “Stand up, fight back”. The March for Drag began in Washington Circle and came together about a month after President Donald Trump posted on truth social, “No more drag shows or anti-American propaganda,” saying it was time for a “golden age of…

The LGBTQ+ community rallied in responded to changes at the Kennedy Center since President Donald Trump took over. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday.

Police said they found a piece of tape that said “gay baby jail,” which they determined to be a common video game reference. A convention attracting gamers was taking place at the hotel at the time.

While excitement builds for WorldPride following the announcement of the acts performing at the World Pride Music Festival, local LGBTQ+ advocacy groups grapple with the Trump administration’s rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion. News4’s Dominique Moody talked with two local groups about the impact of those policies on the community and WorldPride.

Originally, they wanted to get married on their anniversary in August but recently decided they couldn’t wait.

Originally, D’Angela Howard and Antonia Jones wanted to get married on their anniversary in August, but, due to the changing political climate, they recently decided they couldn’t wait.

References to transgender people were removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, the New York City park and visitor center that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it would be removing all references to transgender people from its public materials.

The State Department’s web page providing adoption information to LGBTQI+ prospective parents now addresses only “LGB” people.

The Southeast Asian nation is the third place in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, leading the inaugural prayer service on Tuesday, urged President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on his constituents, including LGBTQ people and immigrants.

President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration. Trump and Vice President JD Vance attended Tuesday’s service at Washington National Cathedral. Trump criticized the bishop in an overnight post online....

President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders proclaiming that the U.S. government will recognize only two sexes, male and female, and ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs inside federal agencies.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from parents in suburban Washington who want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use books featuring LGBTQ characters. The justices said Friday they will review an appeals court decision that went against parents in Montgomery County, Maryland. The parents claim the policy violates their constitutional religious rights by...