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Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Anonymous sources claim gay Empire actor Jussie Smollett staged his own hate crime, reportedly shifting the trajectory of the investigation by Chicago police. Brothers Olabinjo and Abimbola Osundairo were ar...

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Dashir Moore, a transgender man living in Colorado, was denied insurance coverage of chest surgery after already undergoing the procedure. The ACLU has pressed the Colorado Civil Rights Commission to examine th...

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

This article was written with Ernesto Valle. A transgender woman who the U.S. deported back to her native El Salvador died earlier this month after she was attacked outside the country’s capital. Asociac...

LGBT Democrats Play Visible Role at DNC Winter Meeting in DC

The Democratic Party’s support for LGBT rights and the election of a record number of LGBT people — nearly all Democrats — to public office in the 2018 midterm elections were widely discussed at the Democratic ...

Trans Man Wins $120,000 Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Prison in “Cutting-Edge Victory”

Transgender man Jesse Vroegh was awarded $120,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against an Iowa prison, according to the New York Times. Vroegh, who is a registered nurse, was working at a prison in Iowa in 2...

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

President Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. He made the announcement in the White House Rose Garden before he signed a spending...

Nearly 2 in 10 Black LGBTQ Youth Forced into Sexual Acts, HRC Report Reveals

According to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), 18 percent of LGBTQ youth in the U.S. have been forced to perform unwanted sexual acts. The Black and African American LGBTQ Youth Report, whic...

Chicago Police Arrest Two Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case

Chicago Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged attack against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. It was reported that two Nigerian brothers were questioned by police and considered “pot...

South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBTQ Bills for 2019 Session

As legislative sessions continue across the country, South Dakota is leading the way with anti-LGBT bills through its recent advancement of a ‘Don’t Say Trans’ bill — but at least 78 anti-LGBT measures have bee...

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

William Barr, President Donald Trump’s pick for Attorney General, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday (February 14). The vote for the most part followed party lines, with Republicans voting to confi...

Puerto Rico Government Issues LGBTQ-Friendly Guidelines to Public Employees

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s administration on Feb. 8 issued guidelines that are designed to make the U.S. commonwealth’s public employees more sensitive to the needs of transgender people and same-sex c...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

LGBT Democrats Play Visible Role at DNC Winter Meeting in DC

Trans Man Wins $120,000 Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Prison in “Cutting-Edge Victory”

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

Nearly 2 in 10 Black LGBTQ Youth Forced into Sexual Acts, HRC Report Reveals

Chicago Police Arrest Two Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case

South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBTQ Bills for 2019 Session

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

Puerto Rico Government Issues LGBTQ-Friendly Guidelines to Public Employees

Anonymous Claims That Jussie Smollett Staged Hate Crime Shift Investigation

Karl Lagerfeld Dies at 85

Colorado Transgender Man Denied Healthcare After Undergoing Chest Surgery

Transgender Woman Deported from US Murdered in El Salvador

LGBT Democrats Play Visible Role at DNC Winter Meeting in DC

Trans Man Wins $120,000 Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Prison in “Cutting-Edge Victory”

Actor Don Cheadle Sports Pro-Trans T-shirt on Saturday Night Live

Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund Border Wall

Nearly 2 in 10 Black LGBTQ Youth Forced into Sexual Acts, HRC Report Reveals

Chicago Police Arrest Two Suspects in Jussie Smollett Case