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State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report

The State Department’s annual human rights report that was released on Wednesday notes anti-LGBTI violence and discrimination remained widespread around the world in 2018. The report cites statistics from th...

First Woman of Color is Crowned in Worldwide Transgender Pageant

American contestant and HIV activist Jazell Barbie Royale made history at the world’s largest transgender beauty pageant. Royale took home the crown as Miss International Queen in Thailand, making her the first...

After 12 Years, A Second Patient is Cured of HIV

A patient appears to have been cured of HIV for only the second time since the epidemic began, reported the New York Times. The “cure” resulted from a bone-marrow transplants given to treat cancer in the ano...

Surprise! Trump Global Plan to Decriminalize Homosexuality has Fans at CPAC

The Conservative Political Action Conference isn’t known for being a confab for supporters of LGBT rights, but this year brought surprise support for the Trump administration’s recently announced global initiat...

LGBTQ News Outlet Raises Money to Protect LGBTQ Chechens from Gay Purge

LGBTQ news outlet Gay Star News (GSN) announced the launch of their initiative to protect the LGBTQ community being persecuted in Chechnya, a semi-autonomous Russian republic. Hundreds of LGBTQ Chechens hav...

Gay Man Participates in Vatican Clergy Sex Abuse Summit

A gay man from Chile who was sexually abused by a notorious pedophile priest participated in a summit on clergy sex abuse that took place at the Vatican last week. Juan Carlos Cruz told the Washington Blade ...

Judge Grants Birthright U.S. Citizenship to Son of Binational Gay Couple

A California judge granted U.S. citizen to the twin son of a binational gay married couple who didn’t share a blood relationship with his American father, reported the Los Angeles Times. Two-year old Ethan D...

Trump Seems Unaware of Own Global Initiative to Decriminalize Homosexuality

President Trump seemed unaware on Wednesday of his administration’s own global initiative calling on nations to decriminalize homosexuality. Trump was apparently unaware the initiative during a gaggle with n...

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...

Switzerland Closer to Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage

Switzerland has moved one step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, according to PinkNews. The House of Representatives Legal Affairs Committee voted in favor of a draft law legalizing same-sex marriage. ...

Study Finds Children of Same-Sex Couples Perform Better in School than Those of Different-Sex Couples

A study done in the Netherlands found that same-sex couples’ children perform better in school than kids raised by heterosexual couples, reported the Washington Post. The Netherlands was the first country w...

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

Recent Wins for LGBTQ Families

LGBTQ Education Bill Passes Illinois House of Representatives

United Methodist Church to Investigate Irregularities in LGBTQ Vote

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Gay Singer Sam Smith Comes Out as Non-Binary Genderqueer

Bisexual YouTuber Lily Singh gets Late Night NBC Talk Show

Netflix Cancels ‘One Day at a Time’