equality

Thousands of people braved a rainy weekend in Missoula to support the LGBTQ+ community and call for equal rights.

Sneed Collard to Gov. Gianforte, "I am writing to urge you to veto the slate of hate- and prejudice-filled bills bounding out of the current Montana state legislature."

Carol and Whitney Williams write, "But these days, we’re losing our luster for all the wrong reasons. With the 2023 Montana Legislature ending, America is seeing a different version of the 'Last Best Place.'"

Two transgender lawmakers are trying to lay the groundwork for LGBTQ-friendly policies in a conservative state, but tensions are running high as the legislative session nears its end.

Democrats in the upper chamber argued the bill is a big step backward in the push for equal opportunity at the over 100 public colleges and universities in the Lone Star State.

Isabel Shaida writes, "People in power are turning a blind eye to not only my future but the future of their own children."

Hockey captains Dave Jenks and Alex Pearsall and their team chose an LGBTQ+ community center in Missoula — The Center — as the sponsor for their jersey.

LGBTQ voters in Arizona outpace the national average and are projected to continue growing in strength as a key electorate through the next two decades, signaling an increasingly pro-equality outlook in a Republican-controlled state that just enacted several new anti-LGBTQ laws this year.

Camalot Todd (Nevada Current) Nevadans will vote on codifying equal rights in the state constitution this November through Question 1, which will guarantee that people can not be discriminated against based on “race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin.” ...