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A supporter for the LGBTQ+ community holds up a poster reading "Legalize the same-sex marriage" as plaintiffs speak in front of media members by the main entrance of the Tokyo district court after hearing the ruling regarding LGBTQ+ marriage rights, in Tokyo, on March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage in law is unconstitutional, a court finds

A Japanese high court has ruled that Japan’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, a latest victory for the same sex couples and supporters seeking equal rights.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a fireside chat with Stephen Cheung, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and its subsidiary, the World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) at the 2025 Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook convening on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at the East LA College in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California’s Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives

People celebrate outside a Seattle federal courthouse after a second federal judge paused President Donald Trump's order against gender-affirming care for youth on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Seattle.. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

Judge orders longer-term nationwide block on Trump orders on transgender youth health care

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Bill to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams fails to advance in Senate

Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu, file)

Lawmakers in Ghana reintroduce an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that sparked criticism

Man treated ‘like a dog’ before murder in upstate New York, prosecutor says

Seven people were indicted on first-degree murder charges in the killing of a 24-year-old man who was subjected to weeks of torture in New York. The body of Sam Nordquist — a transgender man from Minnesota — was found wrapped in plastic in a field. (Warning: graphic detail)

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Rio carnival parade to highlight ongoing violence against transgender people

Pakistan’s transgender community finds hope and dignity at a culinary school

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Transgender Moira Camila Garnica poses for a portrait outside the Beata Vergine Immacolata parish church in Torvaianica, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Transgender women near Rome pray for Pope Francis, celebrate his outreach

Transgender woman Negriny Venture, of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, prepares to rehearse for the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake

President Donald Trump speaks at the Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump spars with Maine’s governor at the White House over transgender athletes

This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police. (New York State Police via AP)

Prosecutors say there’s no evidence so far that torture and killing of missing man was a hate crime

The first openly gay Muslim imam is killed in South Africa, prompting claims of an assassination

A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

US Park Service erases the word ‘transgender’ from website commemorating Stonewall riot

People wave signs to passing cars during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital after the institution postponed some gender-affirming surgeries for minors following an executive order by President Donald Trump, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Federal judge pauses President Trump’s order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, listens to a reporter's question following Senate passage of a bill limiting state funding of gender affirming care on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia Senate bill would cut funding for adult gender-affirming care, but it may have cloudy future

Marcie Robertson, a 20-year-old transgender Utah State University student and resident assistant, hugs her brother Ezra Robertson after speaking at a hearing on HB269, which pertains to privacy protections in sex-designated areas, in the Senate Education standing committee in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (Brice Tucker/The Deseret News via AP)

Housing restrictions for transgender college students approved by Utah Legislature

Mellow, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, outside of the Norfolk Circuit Court in Norfolk, Va., where she applied for a passport. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected

President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration withdraws support for transgender minors in Tennessee case at the Supreme Court

Demonstrators march to the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 5, 2025 to protest bills that would impact transgender people. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

More GOP-led states seek to follow Trump’s lead in defining male and female

President Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s view on transgender athletes resonates among some candidates running for IOC president

In this June 30, 2011 file photo is an exterior view of San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

This photo provided by Religion News Service shows Avi Fuld at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, Conn. (Yonat Shimron/Religion News Service via AP)

A group of LGBTQ Jews find love and acceptance in the woods

Ugandan human rights activist Kennedy Pius reads a letter from USAID on his laptop at home in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Uganda’s LGBTQ community faces anxiety and uncertainty after U.S. aid freeze

Georgia state employee Carrie Scott speaks against of a bill that would cut off public funding of transgender care by Georgia state government on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

The transgender care fight targets more adults as Georgia and other states weigh laws

LA clinics lose funding for transgender health care as Trump executive orders take hold

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Families and doctors sue over Trump’s order to halt funding for gender-affirming care

Transgenders rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Judge blocks transfers of 3 transgender inmates to men’s prison

Protesters march during a rally demanding that NYU Langone commit to providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth following an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at cutting federal funding, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Things to know about how Trump’s policies target transgender people

Migrants eat lunch at the Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

Trump’s foreign aid freeze guts grassroots groups helping migrants in Latin America

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19

Plaintiff attorneys Jess Braverman, left, and Brittany Stewart appear in court on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D., during the trial related to the state's ban on gender-affirming medical care for kids. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

A trial is underway on North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids

President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding the southern border in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

What to know about President Donald Trump’s order targeting the rights of transgender people

CORRECTS THE NAME OF THE PERSON AT RIGHT - Kwanporn Kongpetch, left, and Ploynaplus Chirasukon from the LGBTQ+ community show their marriage certificates after the Marriage Equality Act took effect in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai LGBTQ+ couples register their marriages as law gives them equal status

A small flag promoting LGBTQ+ rights sits on the desk of state Rep. Jo Ella Hoye, D-Lenexa, in the House chamber as Republicans prepare to push for a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a response

Caitlin Carroll, right, demonstrates skills, March 19, 2023, at United Skates of America in Seaford, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

New York roller derby league loses bid to temporarily block ban on trans athletes

President Donald Trump, left, and first lady Melania Trump attend the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants