5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 16

1. Ding dong, the bill is dead! Which old bill? The anti-transgender Texas bathroom bill, that is. 2. In Alabama, the fight to fill Jeff Sessions' vacated seat after he leveled up to the federal government: ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 3

1. Nearly 250 faith leaders gathered on the steps of Texas' capitol this week to denounce the state legislature's proposed transgender "bathroom bills." 2. The Russian LGBT Network just released a 30-page re...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 18

1. Tech giant IBM continues its fight against Texas' "bathroom bill," taking out full-page newspaper ads and sending employees to talk with legislators. 2. Do you want to win tickets to watch the taping of t...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, March 10

1. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who founded the ex-gay conversion therapy movement, died yesterday from influenza complications. 2. The Austin, Texas, nonprofit Texas Health Action has a new project: the Kind Clinic...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 22

1. The Arkansas branch of Human Rights Campaign hosted an unusual LGBT Valentine's Day event last week — speed dating with local legislators. 2. Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia), is over what he calls a genera...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 21

1. Laws with the biggest impact on LGBT adults have huge effects on kids — for example, a recent study found that after gay marriage was legalized, LGB teen suicide rates began to fall. 2. Saudi Arabia is a-...

Tale of the Tape: Trump vs. Clinton on LGBT issues

Log Cabin Republican President Gregory Angelo said it early on: Donald Trump is the “most pro-gay” Republican presidential candidate in history. And following the deadly attack on an LGBT nightclub in Orlando l...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Oct. 26

1. A new study from the University of California finds that communities with higher risks of contracting HIV – including people who live in southern states, transgender women, and black and Latino men who have ...
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Ryan Lee: An erotic perspective on modern politics

The fire-eater outrage over transgender access to toilets makes me grateful that conservatives don't know about some of the things I've done in public restrooms, otherwise there's not a gay man in America who w...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 20

1. LGBT rights and “The Battle of the Bathroom” hit the cover of TIME magazine. 2. Mercedes Successful of Haynes City, Florida is the 11th trans woman to be murdered this year. 3. The victims of a gay bas...