PNW LGBTQ Pulse

FAFSA assumes most undergraduates under 24 can access parental financial info, but this leaves many LGBTQ+ young adults without aid when families...

Election-year pressures are pushing candidates to publicly reverse or clarify transgender positions, as South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Dr....

• Key Appointment: Pacific University professor Rebecca Schoon joins Oregon’s Universal Health Plan Governance Board after Senate confirmation in...

A year after Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital ended gender-affirming care for trans youth under 19—citing Trump’s funding threats—its own...

Portland nonprofit OK You created "OK kits" as a simple way to store ideas and reach "your okay" during stress or anxiety ahead of World Mental Health...

A Washington teen and her mother are pressing the Supreme Court for an emergency order blocking transgender athletes from girls’ sports under Title...

Vancouver City Council passed a resolution opposing IL26-001 and IL26-638, citing equity and community safety priorities.

• IL26-001 would expand...

• Established by 2011 city ordinance, the Office of Equity and Human Rights expanded in 2021 to formally address LGBTQIA2S+ disparities.
• The new...

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Schaller has permanently blocked the most controversial pieces of Washington's Democrat-sponsored...

Team Dresch’s long-awaited third album Furthermore lands as both a PNW punk milestone and a testament to queer resilience.

Formed in Olympia, the...

Team Dresch, the Pacific Northwest queercore legends behind 1994's Personal Best, are back with their first album in 30 years, channeling their raw...

• Roughly 12,000 residents in Jackson and Josephine counties must select new coverage by December 7 after Regence exits Medicare Advantage.
• The...

A federal judge dismissed Riley Gaines' Title IX lawsuit because the NCAA was not proven to receive federal funding through its concussion research...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is framing Initiative 638 as a direct threat to girls’ sports access, warning the measure would force invasive sex verification on...

Riley Williams, a transgender senior at Georgia's Charles R. Drew High School, sees her Homecoming Queen campaign halted by district officials citing...

The LGBTQ+ Pacific Northwest Online Publication Archive preserves decades of regional queer reporting in one accessible collection.

• 35,000+ pages of...

A federal judge dismissed Riley Gaines' Title IX lawsuit against the NCAA after finding no evidence the organization received federal funds. The...

The formal repeal of the Biden-era 2024 Title IX rule changes nothing in practice for LGBTQ and transgender students, since courts had already vacated...

Oregon insurance regulators warn consumers against misleading “self-funded” or “limited partner” plans that advertise low premiums yet deliver only...

BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson confirmed plans to repeal the province’s SOGI curriculum if elected, calling it a “lightning rod for division”...