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Elizabeth Warren Makes Appearance at NYC DragCon

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made an appearance at DragCon in New York City this weekend in the form of a video message, reported NBC News. The Massachusetts senator expressed her supp...

More Human Rights “Not Always Better,” Says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that more human rights “is not always better” in a speech at Kansas State University, reported Bloomberg.Pompeo criticized politicians for taking on “pet causes,” which h...

LA County is First Jurisdiction in US to Monitor LGBTQ Murders and Suicides

Los Angeles County in California has become the first jurisdiction in the U.S. to monitor unnatural LGBTQ deaths in the area, reported PinkNews.With the passing of the motion, which was put forward by Repub...

Black Trans Woman Bee Love Slater Burned Beyond Recognition in Florida

Black transgender woman Bee Love Slater was founded killed and burned in a car in Clewiston, Florida on Wednesday (September 4), reported NewNowNext. The victim was not identified until Friday (September 6), as...

Gay Fathers Receive Less Parental Leave than Straight and Lesbian Couples Worldwide

A study found that gay men worldwide receive less paid parental leave on average than lesbian or heterosexual couples, reported Reuters.The research, conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (...

CNN to Host LGBTQ Town Hall in October

CNN will be the exclusive broadcast partner of the historic LGBTQ presidential town hall hosted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.The town hall, to take place on Thursday, October 10 in Los Angeles, i...

Jussie Smollett Claims Lawsuit Against Him Should Be Dropped

After almost nine months, former Empire star Jussie Smollett is requesting the $130,000 lawsuit against him from the city of Chicago be dropped, reported the Chicago Sun Times.Chicago police officers accus...

Genetic Mutation Results in HIV Immunity, Spanish Researchers Discover

Spanish scientists have discovered a rare genetic mutation that makes people resistant to HIV, which could help lead to new HIV treatments.Researchers from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid tested...

Founder of Southern Conversion Therapy Organization Denounces the Practice After Coming Out

The founder of the South Carolina-based conversion therapy program Hope for Wholeness has come out as gay and denounced conversion therapy in an interview with The Post and Courier.After two decades with th...

Conservatives are Reacting to News That There’s No Single “Gay Gene”

The religious right has positively reacted to a study that proves there’s no single “gay gene” – even though the lead researcher argues that homosexuality is “natural and normal.”In a column for the America...

More People Protested the Boston Straight Pride Parade than Supported It

The controversial “straight pride” parade, organized by Super Happy Fun America, was held in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday (August 31), and was met with more counter-protesters than participants, according ...

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

Betsy DeVos Visits Catholic School with Explicit Anti-LGBTQ Policies

A Quarter of LGBTQ Employees Have Been Bullied at Work

Mainstream News Coverage of LGBTQ Issues Dropped After Trump Election, Analysis Finds

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Bachelor in Paradise Features First Same-Sex Engagement

Queer Eye’s Fab Five Makes Cameo in Big Mouth Season Three

LGBTQ TV Wins Big at 71st Creative Arts Emmys