5 LGBT things you need to know today, Sept. 13

1. Edie Windsor, the lesbian whose court case brought marriage equality to the United States, passed away yesterday at age 88. Thank you, Edie, for everything. 2. More sad news coming out of San Francisco's ...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Aug. 14

1. The Naval Postgraduate School in California and the Palm Center estimate it would cost the US $960 million to enforce the president's ban on transgender troops, which is 114 times more than it costs for them...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 31

1. Kansa Gov. Sam Brownback was nominated as the ambassador at large for international religious freedom — and his constituents back home are happy to get him out of his current office. Speaking of religious fr...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 3

1. A major win for same-sex couples in Hong Kong this week. Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming ruled that the husband of a gay civil servant who married overseas where same-sex marriage is legal should be entitled t...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, April 26

1. LGBT advocacy groups in South Korea are not happy with recent remarks made by their presidential front-runner, Moon Jae-in. 2. Fifty-one members of the US House petitioned President Donald Trump this mont...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, Nov. 11

1. The Advocate named the heroes of the Pulse shooting as their 2016 People of the Year. 2. On that note, the city of Orlando has agreed to a deal to buy the Pulse nightclub for $2.25 million and turn it int...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 29

1. The U.S. Navy is set to name a ship after late LGBT rights icon Harvey Milk, a Navy veteran. 2. Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed and sentenced to 35 years in pris...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, July 26

1. The Advocate endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, only the second time in the publication's near 50-year history that they've endorsed someone for president. 2. And the reaction to this all-gender rest...

5 LGBT things you need to know today, May 3

1.The 2016 Tony Award nominations were announced this morning, and as expected, Hamilton: The Musical dominated with a record breaking 16 nominations. 2. Hollywood movies in 2015 had about the same number of...