In Rural Arizona, a Gay Couple Built a Haven for Nature Lovers
For more than two decades, life partners Patrick Dome and Karl Schmitt have offered queer travelers — and everyone else — a place in Cochise County.
A marriage equality strategy Equality Arizona and ONE Community developed behind the scenes has exposed fractures within the state’s movement toward LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Despite claims nationally that attacks on transgender people didn’t work in the November elections, a recall in Mesa showed how the tactic remains effective in some places where Turning Point has sway.
After calls for retribution over Kirk’s death, dormant far-right groups in Southern and Northern Arizona ignited to target locals.
LGBTQ+ groups and donors mostly backed Daniel Hernandez, yet Southern Arizona voters favored progressive opponents, raising questions about where these groups stand on social equity issues.
After a judge ruled the case could move forward, Peoria Unified quietly settled with River Chunnui, who accused conservative-aligned board members of mounting a public campaign to get them fired.
The bills identified by LOOKOUT and Arizona Mirror echo language from groups like The Heritage Foundation.
Arizona’s crusade against queer people in schools isn’t spontaneous, it’s being orchestrated with the help of a little-known organization with ties to other far-right groups.
The bill, HB 2112, says it would restrict sexual materials online for minors, but the Project 2025 playbook which the bill is modeled from mentions "transgender ideology" as pornographic.
After a school district near Tucson voted to allow an LDS seminary on district property, questions arose about how it’s even allowed.
A bill that has wide support—even from Democrats—comes from the Project 2025 Playbook that labels gender ideology and discussions around LGBTQ+ issues or people as “pornography.”
The proposed measure is a way to bypass Governor Katie Hobbs's veto and go straight to voters.
An email sent Friday by Chancellor Steven Gonzalez laid out an initiative to remove pronouns, alter bathroom signage, and do away with all staff-led groups related to diversity and equity.
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