LGBTQ, immigrant owned Wunderkeks pairs up with Love Loud to support LGBTQ youth

The cookie company's owners are partners and Guatemalan immigrants who say while they've had much success, it hasn't been all rainbows and sunshine.

Supreme Court sides with Alaska Natives in COVID-19 relief money case

SCOTUS ruled that millions of dollars in COVID relief money tied up in court should benefit Alaska Natives rather than being spread more broadly.

Cuomo signs Gender Recognition Act, NY adds 'X' gender mark on government IDs

New Yorkers will be able to designate their sex as “female,” “male” or “X” on a driver’s license and birth certificate under a law that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he signed Thursday.

Three Texas men sentenced after using Grindr for violent hate crimes

Michael Atkinson, Pablo Ceniceros-Deleon, and Daryl Henry were sentenced to prison terms after pleading guilty to committing hate crimes on gay men.

Gen. Mark Milley: ‘I want to understand White rage’

Gen. Mark Milley, who testified at a Wednesday congressional hearing, defended the military's approach to addressing racism and extremism within its ranks, saying that service members should be “open minded and widely read.”

Eanes ISD superintendent defends diversity project

Parents fear the program is actually Critical Race Theory. State lawmakers have passed legislation that prohibits school districts from adopting it.

Biden praises pro athletes Carl Nassib, Kumi Yokoyama for coming out

President Joe Biden said he’s "proud” of athletes Carl Nassib and Kumi Yokoyama, who both recently announced that they’re part of the LGBTQ community.

City of Austin looking at ways to help Black communities

Austin Mayor Steve Adler says policies in the city's history have put up barriers around certain communities of color especially the Black community.

‘I’m gay’: Carl Nassib becomes 1st active NFL player to come out

Las Vegas Raiders’ Defensive End Carl Nassib revealed he’s gay in a social media post and said he wants to prevent suicides among LGBTQ youth.

Transgender weightlifter selected to compete at Tokyo Olympics

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard from New Zealand will be the first transgender athlete to ever compete at an Olympic Games.

Juneteenth, ‘a day of profound weight and power,’ marked across the US

While Juneteenth’s recognition at a time of racial reckoning is appreciated by many, some say more is still needed to be done to change policies that are disadvantageous to Black Americans.

Juneteenth: What its path to federal holiday status looked like

Even though it’s been celebrated for 156 years and recognized in some form in 47 states and the District of Columbia, Juneteenth did not become a federal holiday until this week.

Juneteenth: New federal holiday pressures US companies to give day off

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country.

States move to restrict critical race theory as US celebrates Juneteenth

Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983. It is a historical event that teachers will cover in history classes.

Baker gets $500 fine for refusing to make cake celebrating transgender woman's transition

A Colorado baker refused to make a cake for a transgender woman that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside to celebrate her gender transition. A judge ruled that violated the state's anti-discrimination law because the decision was made based on her transgender status.

FOX 7 Discussion: Juneteenth becomes federal holiday

Dr. Theodore Francis with Huston-Tillotson University joins Rebecca Thomas to talk about the importance of Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday.

Austinites react to President Biden signing Juneteenth Act

Juneteenth has been celebrated for years on June 19 - the day that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston to deliver an order officially ending slavery in Texas.