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The cost of aging: How rent caps could affect Washington seniors
Renters on fixed incomes hope a 10% ceiling on increases will provide relief, while older landlords worry it will force them out of business. by Laurel Demkovich April 14, 2025 Royce…
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CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
By Alexander Tin Updated on: April 10, 2025 / 9:26 AM EDT Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was…
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How the Education Department Helps Students with Disabilities Get an Education
Jonaki Mehta Apr 3 Sueli Gwiazdowski, 24, says she switched high schools three times when she was growing up. She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved…
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Five years of remote work changed workplace accessibility. Employees with disabilities will feel its loss.
Bolstered by Trump’s anti-DEI agenda, the “great return” threatens a new culture of accessibility. By Chase DiBenedetto April 6, 2025 On Jan. 20, wasting little time during his first 24 hours…
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As hospitals grapple with Trump’s gender-affirming care ban, young people are caught in the middle
By Kiley Koscinski Published April 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM EDT Salem B. was busy folding laundry and tidying their Regent Square home in mid-March, preparing a comfortable space to recover from…
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Out gay Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs law repealing marriage equality ban
Colorado governor Jared Polis signing SB25-014 entitled Protecting the Freedom to Marry into law Ryan Adamczeski April 11 2025 3:11 PM EST Marriage equality is officially the law of the land…
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Dept. of Education and Dept. of Justice launch ‘staggering volume’ of probes into trans athletes
The Administration is ramping up its push to force trans women from female sports, now with a joint team between two Departments. By Karleigh Webb April 11, 2025, 7:00 am PDT…
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More than 90% of anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ bills died in statehouses: Analysis
By Hope Pisoni, Uncloseted Media Published: Apr. 08, 2025, 5:00 a.m. On March 6, Montana State Reps. Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell stood up to speak against two of the 527 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced…
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Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Updated 6:33 PM CDT, March 28, 2025 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after…
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