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LGBT Groups Merge to Form Modern Military Association of America

In the aftermath of the U.S. military implementing a new ban on transgender service members, a duo of groups that have worked to advance rights for LGBT people in the armed forces have merged to form the Modern...

Southwest Airlines Changes Family Boarding Policy to be More Inclusive of LGBTQ Families

Southwest Airlines has updated its family boarding policy after one man claimed he and his husband were discriminated against when trying to board a flight with their children.The family boarding policy pre...

Production Companies Vow to Boycott Georgia Over Abortion Law

Five production companies have announced that they plan not to film in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the controversial heartbeat abortion law.On Tuesday (May 7), Kemp signed one of the most restricti...

Google Releases New Gender-Ambiguous Emojis

Google will be releasing 53 new non-binary emojis to their phones.Emojis like the mermaids, vampires, swimmers, and zombies – as well as just normal people and faces – will now have a version that is gender...

Trump Hails Deal with Gilead for PrEP Donation as ‘Great News’

President Trump hailed on Thursday a deal with Gilead for the donation of PrEP for HIV prevention for the uninsured as “great news.”Trump, who announced during his State of the Union address a plan to beat ...

House Republican Seeks to Change Name of Equality Act to ‘Forfeiting Women’s Rights Act’

With a vote on the Equality Act expected next week in the U.S. House, Republicans are proposing a slew of anti-LGBT amendments on floor consideration of the measure.The distinction for the most condescendin...

Transgender Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Released From Prison

Transgender whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from prison two months after refusing to testify about Wikileaks in front of a grand jury, reported BBC.Manning was released from the William G. T...

Biden’s Early Support for Same-Sex Marriage Still Remembered for Impact

Seven years ago this week, former Vice President Joseph Biden gave an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that fundamentally altered the course of the marriage equality movement.Biden — now the front-runner...

Gay Atlanta Strip Club Swinging Richards Files for Bankruptcy

Atlanta’s favorite gay male strip club Swinging Richards has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after five dancers sued for unpaid wages, reported the Atlanta Business Chronicle.Five former dancers sued the ni...

Gilead Sciences Releases Patent on Generic PrEP Treatment One Year Early

Gilead Sciences will release the patent of a generic version of an HIV prevention treatment one year earlier than expected to only one pharmaceutical company, reported Filter Magazine.The pharmaceutical com...

Gov. Brian Kemp Signs Heartbeat Abortion Bill into Law

Governor Brian Kemp signed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country on Tuesday (May 7), restricting not just straight women, but lesbians, bi women, trans men with uteruses, and other LGBTQ peo...

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

Cuban LGBTQ Activists Hold Pride Parade after Cuban Government Cancels It

House of Representatives Passes Equality Act

AOC Calls Out Gilead CEO for High Prices of PrEP

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Karamo Brown Opens Up on ‘Extreme Conflict’ He Had With Antoni Porowski

Trailer for Lesbian Batwoman TV Show Drops

Pride Journey: Bloomington, Indiana