Latest Issues
September 2026
Letter From Imani
Finding Home: NCLR’s Immigration Program Needs You
Legal Director Shannon Minter Joins Law and Disorder Podcast
NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon Joins Tom Lenoble on the Opening Pathways Podcast
NCLR Welcomes New Board Member Milan Pham
Explore Ways to Give
NCLR Out Loud
August 2026
Why State Protections for Transgender People Matter Now More Than Ever
NCLR Hogar {Home} Client Antonia Receives Asylum
NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon Receives the Exemplary Service Luminary Award from the LGBTQ+ Division of the National Bar Association
Newsflash! August is Make-A-Will Month
NCLR Out Loud
July 2026
In Memoriam: Linda Gebroe
What It Means to Play
Talbott V. Usa: Our Motion for Class Certification Has Been Granted
By the Power Vested in Me: A Marriage Commissioner for All
NCLR Welcomes New Board Members
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You
NCLR Out Loud
Say It Loud, Wear It Proud
June 2026
From the Desk of Imani
Litigation Updates
Fight Hate
Champions for Justice Recap
Shannon Minter Discusses Talbott v. USA on the Bloomberg Law Podcast
Shannon Minter Testifies Before the US Senate
Take Pride. Fight Hate. Fund Justice!
Visit the NCLR Store
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You
NCLR Out Loud
May 2026
NCLR FILES CLASS ACTION TO STOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM FORCING HOSPITALS TO TURN OVER FAMILIES’ CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL RECORDS
NCLR SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR IGNORING FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE IN PRISON
CHAMPIONS FOR JUSTICE
AN INTERVIEW WITH KERBY LYNCH, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BAY AREA LESBIAN ARCHIVES
JOIN NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON IN THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE
NCLR OUT LOUD
April 2026
NCLR’S SHANNON MINTER NAMED ONE OF THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK! APRIL 20-26
THE CURRENT STATE OF LGBTQ FAMILY LAW VIRTUAL PANEL
NCLR LAUNCHES NEW STATE-LEVEL STRATEGY TO PROTECT CONVERSION THERAPY SURVIVORS AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING
AN EMMY NOMINATION FOR FIGHTING TO SERVE, A FILM CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NCLR AND FEATURING THE STORY OF TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN PLAINTIFF MAJOR ERICA VANDAL
NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI-RUPERT GORDON WILL TRAVEL TO BRAZIL FOR A LEADERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
SHANNON MINTER HONORED AT DALLAS RESOURCE CENTER
WATCH THE RECORDING: VIRTUAL DISCUSSION ON NCLR’S URVASHI VAID LGBTQ WOMEN’S COMMUNITY SURVEY
NCLR OUT LOUD
March 2026
NCLR BRIEFING TO HIGHLIGHT WOMEN LEADERS AND CRITICAL DATA ON QUEER WOMEN’S HEALTH IN HONOR OF WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
BEYOND THE COURT: ENDING CONVERSION THERAPY THROUGH LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
UNPRECEDENTED AND EXTREME KANSAS LAW WOULD SUPPRESS TRANSGENDER VOTERS
NCLR FIGHTS FEDERAL HEALTH CARE RESTRICTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL INVITES NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON AS FEATURED SPEAKER
NCLR PRESIDENT IMANI RUPERT-GORDON TO SERVE AS SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE COMMUNITY GRAND MARSHALL
BE A CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE MAY 16, 2026!
NCLR OUT LOUD
February 2026
Black History Month Holds the Answers to Today’s Questions
From the Desk of Senior Staff Attorney Amy Whelan
NCLR To Host LGBTQ Rights Conference For Legal Aid Advocates
The L-Fund Honors NCLR President Imani Rupert-Gordon
Champions for Justice 2026
Ways to Give
NCLR in the News
January 2026
MLK Day Message from President Imani Rupert-Gordon
Litigation/Case Updates
SAVE THE DATE! CHAMPIONS FOR JUSTICE GALA COMING MAY 2026
Say It Loud, Wear It Proud! NCLR merch for all!
NCLR in the News
Our Address has Changed
December 2025
From NCLR’s Vice President of Advancement Jennifer Bing
2025 Year in Review
Staff Highlights
In Defense of Democracy
Say It Loud, Wear It Proud! NCLR merch for all!
Supporter Shout Out
NCLR in the News
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You!
November 2025
Courage and consistency amidst chaos
Honor our Siblings Lost
Native American Heritage Month
Litigation/Case Updates
Courage to Serve
October 2025
From the Desk of Imani
In Memorium: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Chiles v. Salazar Argument Recap
What’s Killing Us? New Report on the State of LGBTQ+ Women’s Health
Seven Years of Rural Pride in North Dakota
Staff Highlights
Ways to Give
NCLR In the News
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You!
Applications Open for The Advocate’s New Future of Queer Media Fellowship
September 2025
Chiles v. Salazar: What You Need to Know
Tricare Case: Preliminary Injunction Filed
Nic Talbot Op-Ed
Staff Highlights
Ways to Give
NCLR in the News
National Suicide Prevention Month
Latinx Heritage Month
Out & About: LGBTQ Events Happening Near You
NCLR Condemns SCOTUS Decision Allowing Discriminatory Enforcement Tactics
August 2025
August is Trans History Month
Transgender service members: A Double Betrayal
Marriage Equality Update
From Legal
Congrats Shauna Madison!
Congrats Helen Caroll!
Leave Your Legacy
NCLR in the News
Community Events
July 2025
SCOTUS Debrief
Remembering Andrea Gibson
A Decade of Marriage – 10 Years Since the Obergefell Decision
NCLR Joins Call for Universal Clemency
The Time is Now for an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Economic Justice Movement
NCLR’s Cross Country Pride
Imani at Ballhalla!
NCLR in the News
June 2025
New Name. New Look. Always NCLR
Our Pride – and Joy – is Revolutionary
Obergefell V. Hodges: Celebrating 10 Years of Marriage Equality Nationwide!
Pride in the Park
Transgender Servicemembers Targeted and Purged from the Military
OUTWORDS’ Initiative Shares the Stories of LGBTQ Elders from California
June 19th is Juneteenth!
Dine at Holbrook House on June 21st to Benefit NCLR!
Threads of Pride: A New Path for Queer Resistance and Empowerment
May 2025
Updates on Transgender Military Ban Cases
Kick off Pride 2025 with NCLR at Pride in the Park!
The First 100 Days: Trump’s impact on the LGBTQ community
Lesbian Week of Visibility Instagram Live
Solidarity with Workers: International Workers’ Day
20th Annual LGBTQ Families Day
LGBTQ Family Rights Talk with NCLR Staff
April 2025
NCLR Continues to Fight Against Administration’s Anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders
National Center for LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ Sports Consultant Helen Carroll Inducted into LGBTQ Sports Hall of Fame
Transgender Day of Visibility
Lesbian Week of Visibility Instagram Live
Virtual Briefing: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration
Get Your Tickets for Pride in the Park!
March 2025
Women’s History Month
We Continue to Fight Against Administration’s Anti-LGBTQ Executive Orders
Supreme Court to Hear Colorado Conversion Therapy Case
The Importance of Medicare and Medicaid
No State Can Invalidate Your Marriage
Kick off Pride 2025 at Pride in the Park!
NCLR Leaders Panel Recording Available Now
February 2025
NCLR Leaders Panel
A Word from Imani
Transgender Military Ban Preliminary Injunction Hearing
Black History Month
Annual Report 2024
Pride in the Park 2025
January 2025
A heartfelt thank you to our supporters!
Save the Date: NCLR Leaders Panel
Challenging the Florida ban on transgender healthcare
NCLR Staff Speaking Engagements
December 2024
Shannon Minter on U.S. v. Skrmetti;
Florida Rural Pride Success;
LGBTQ Family + Marriage Webinar and Resource Guide;
2024 NCLR Virtual Briefing + Year in Review;
An Evening with Transgender Rights Trailblazers;
A Gift for 100% of Us
November 2024
Building Coalition: our work post-election;
Advancing Our Freedom Beyond the 2024 Elections;
Transgender Day of Remembrance;
Imani Rupert-Gordon to Join Panel of LGBTQ Leaders;
Giving Tuesday;
Supreme Court—U.S. v. Skrmetti;
Florida Rural Pride;
End-of-Year Virtual Briefing
October 2024
Florida Families File Brief Against Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth;
National LGBTQ Women’s Community Survey;
NCLR President spoke at University of Chicago;
Florida Rural Pride
September 2024
Victory for Transgender Kids in Arizona;
Conversion Therapy Remains Banned in Colorado;
Shannon Minter Featured in Twelve Soldiers Project;
Florida Rural Pride;
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Healthcare Ban Case
August 2024
NCLR Continues to Fight in Oklahoma Parental Rights Case;
Massachusetts Passes Parentage Act;
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Healthcare Ban Case;
Victory for Transgender Youth and Adults in Florida
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