LGBTQ
A place for news and opinions on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning communities.
Most states lack civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people.
The NBA is just one of many individuals and organizations who have pulled business out of the state.
The story is, quite frankly, dangerous.
If this is pro-LGBTQ, it’s holding the Republican Party to an extremely low bar.
“I am proud to be gay,” Thiel said, to rising applause. “I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all, I am proud to be an American.”
Here are 5 ways the platform continues the party’s opposition to LGBTQ rights.
The state passed a bill protecting trans people from discrimination.
50 years ago, George Takei couldn’t come out. Now Star Trek Beyond will nod to his experience with an openly gay Sulu.
It turns out the guy who spied on people in his motel for 30 years lied about stuff.
The law favors some religious beliefs — specifically, anti-LGBTQ ones — over others.
I’m a gay Catholic woman. Here’s how the church can repent of its sins against our community.
Too bad it’s overrated.
The pope gets a pass on gay issues when other leaders do not.
“We Christians have to apologize for so many things,” Francis said.
The announcement comes almost a year after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
Donald Trump wants to use the shooting as an excuse to restrict immigration. He’s so, so wrong.
Same-sex marriage? Sure. Two men kissing? Hold your tongue.
The man claims Mateen felt “rejected” and “used” by gay Latino men at Pulse in particular.
It was easier than getting birth control or antidepressants.
“You cannot preach this and wash your hands of the deadly effects.”
A great explanation of gender fluidity.
That’s what makes it so scary.
This is the full list.
A gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning, killing almost 50 people.
Florida just saw horrific anti-LGBTQ violence — but the state also allows more everyday bigotry.
Hate should not justify more hate.
The president speaks.
Horrifying.
Even the nation’s biggest blood banks have called the bans “medically and scientifically unwarranted.”
For LGBTQ people, survival is work, it is love, it is hard, it is a risk. It is defiance in a world where some would have us disappear.
As trans and gender identity issues become more mainstream, here’s what parents need to know.
A sign of the times.
Take notes, campaign consultants.
This really happened in Congress.
Fear created the gender-segregated bathroom. And today, an apparition of that same fear prevents us from abandoning it.
Outing gay people isn’t just cruel. It’s dangerous.
Yikes.