Supreme Court Unleashes More Cruelty and Harm to Transgender Children and Their Families

Released on June 18, 2025

Statement by National NOW President Christian F. Nunes WASHINGTON–The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in U.S. v Skrmetti sent a clear message to transgender youth who are struggling to get the life-saving healthcare they need:  safe and effective gender-affirming care can help you, but we won’t let it.   The Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning best practice medical care Read more …

NOW’s Commitment on LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day 

Released on June 13, 2025

June 13 marks LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, a day to recognize the wage gap that continues to affect LGBTQIA+ communities.   According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research,    “On average, in 2021, LGBTQIA+ workers earned 90 cents per dollar compared to all full-time workers in the United States. Women in this community earned 87 cents per dollar compared to the Read more …

Pass the Kids Off Social Media Act

Released on June 12, 2025

NOW Co-Signs Letter of Support with a Dozen Other Organizations  WASHINGTON— Today, a coalition of bi-partisan organizations sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging a vote on the Kids Off Social Media Act. This legislation would protect the mental health and safety of children by setting a minimum age of 13 to use social media Read more …

NOW Stands with Peaceful Protesters—And Against Trump’s Campaign of Fear and Terror

Released on June 11, 2025

Donald Trump’s illegal mobilization of the National Guard and the Marines has nothing to do with restoring order—protests are mostly small, and peaceful—and everything to do with sowing chaos and squelching dissent.  Here’s a visual timeline from the Guardian of how peaceful protests over immigration raids escalated when Trump took the unprecedented step of sending Read more …