Crime, law, and justice as it impacts LGBTQ+ people.
We report the cases other outlets drop after the first 24 hours: hate crimes and cold cases, deaths in custody, and the court rulings that decide who the law protects. Names, dates, statutes, sources.
Read the storiesA gay dancer was stabbed at a Brooklyn gas station in 2023 after vogueing to Beyonce. In 2026, a jury called it a hate crime.
PolicyTrackers logged record numbers of state bills targeting transgender people across 2024 and 2025, hitting healthcare, schools, IDs, and bathrooms.
Cold caseA nonbinary Oklahoma 16-year-old died a day after a school bathroom fight; the ruling was suicide, and the district was found in violation of Title IX.
Landmark rulingA 6-3 Supreme Court ruling upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, holding the law triggers only the weakest form of constitutional review.
In custodyAn Afro-Latina trans woman with epilepsy was put in solitary at Rikers in 2019 and died there. No one was charged.
Landmark rulingA Colorado designer who had never built a wedding website won the right to turn away same-sex couples she had never been asked to serve.
In custodyA Honduran trans woman fled violence, asked the United States for asylum, and was dead within sixteen days of crossing the border.
Justice For Pride is an independent reporting project on the intersection of crime, law, and LGBTQ+ life. We cover hate-crime prosecutions, deaths in police and immigration custody, and the Supreme Court rulings that set the boundaries of equal protection. Every story is built on the record: court documents, official findings, and primary reporting, with sources listed at the foot of each piece. Reporting by Adam M. and Kenan C.G.