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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...

Gay Father of Computer Science Alan Turing Named Greatest Person of the 20th Century

Alan Turing, a gay man and the father of computer science, was named BBC’s Greatest Person of the 20th Century, reported Gay Star News. https://twitter.com/BBC/status/1092905329694859265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%...

Group of 30 LGBTI Migrants Enter Mexico from Guatemala

A group of 30 LGBTI migrants entered Mexico from Guatemala on Friday. Estuardo Moscoso of Asociación Lambda, a Guatemala City-based advocacy group that provides assistance to LGBTI migrants, told the Washing...

Disney Will Hold First Official Pride Event at Disneyland Paris

Disney will host its first official Pride event at Disneyland Paris in June. Inside the Magic reports that “Magical Pride,” which kicks off Pride month on June 1, will include a “Magical March of Diversity P...

Mexico Border City Provides Assistance to LGBTI Migrants

The mayor of a Mexican border city that has provided assistance to LGBTI migrants says President Trump’s continued demands for a border wall is a political “tactic.” Jesús Antonio Pujol Irastorza told the Wa...

Twins Fathered by Two Dads are Born in UK

Married British husbands Simon and Graeme Berney-Edwards recently welcomed twins, one half of which they each biologically fathered, reported The Mirror. Twins Alexandra and Calder, fathered by Simon and Gra...

LGBTQ People in Chechnya Tortured, Raped with “Electric Shock Sticks”

A new crackdown on LGBTQ people of Chechnya, an autonomous republic subject to the Russian Federation, has led to arrests, detainments, torture, and killings, according to the Russian LGBT Network, Survivors...

Angola First Country to Legalize Gay Sex in 2019

Angola has legalized gay sex, getting rid of its “vices against nature” provision from a colonial-era penal code, becoming the first country in 2019 to do so, reported Human Rights Watch. The African country...

Activists in Nigeria Inspired by India’s Ruling

India’s recent decision to legalize same-sex partnerships and intercourse by overturning section 377 has inspired LGBTQ activists in Nigeria, who face many challenges. Journalist Frankie Edozien spoke with T...

New Migrant Caravan Leaves Honduras

More than 1,000 Honduran migrants who hope to reach the U.S. left the country earlier this month. A source in Honduras told the Washington Blade the migrant caravan left the city of San Pedro Sula on Jan. 14...

State Department ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Latest Chechnya Anti-LGBTI Crackdown

The State Department on Thursday said it is “deeply disturbed” by reports that indicate at least two people have been killed and upwards of 40 others have been detained in the latest anti-LGBTI crackdown in Che...

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

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

LGBTQ Groups Denounce Confirmation of William Barr as Attorney General

60% of Same-Sex Couples Meet Online, Study Says

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ghost Story-Themed Play Makes Magic

The Myth of Sisyphus: Grappling Suicide with Absurdity

The Marie Kondo Phenomenon: Sparking Your Ultimate Joy