Gay

On the role that queer people of color play in resisting oppressive policing.

• By Che Gossett, Reina Gossett & A.J. Lewis

The viral short film reanimates clichés about love with a queer twist.

• By Brandon Tensley

Mainstream, queer-centric magazines feature white people on 85 percent of their covers. A vanguard of social media-savvy zines is aiming to change that—and is reaching a far broader audience than their Clinton-era predecessors.

• By Manuel Betancourt

All of that bullying is leaving a lasting impression.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new study suggests a surprising combination of factors could lead to the best pay.

• By Caty Taborda

Three theories attempt to make sense of some provocative new data.

• By Lisa Wade

Where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer folks live and move has long been of interest to some researchers.

• By Francie Diep

Crimes targeting black and transgender Americans persist, but they are under-reported and under-recorded.

• By Lauren Kirchner

In many situations, black men find themselves at a disadvantage. Gay men, too. But black gay men?

• By Tom Jacobs

For this Gay Pride Month, let’s thank Madonna for scandalizing the nation by embracing (sometimes literally) the LGBT community.

• By Sharon Marcus

A homecoming in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

• By Vince Beiser

A new study, which attempts to correct for problems with current survey methodology (even when anonymous we don't always answer honestly), finds that 19 percent of Americans don't consider themselves heterosexual.

• By Daniel Luzer

Are gay male couples a new thing, evolutionarily speaking?

• By Alice Dreger

Specialists have moved away from sex-changing baby males with small penises and recommending vaginoplasties in very young children as they become less phobic about sex atypical (but healthy) organs.

• By Alice Dreger

Russian legislators have said they will enforce new anti-gay laws during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the ancient athletic games started out as little more than a gigantic festival of homoerotic excess.

• By Daniel Luzer

The Catholic Church changes its teachings all the time.

• By Daniel Luzer

ESPN’s Chris Broussard’s attack on homosexuality, sparked by the first coming out of a major American athlete, should not be condoned as free speech.

• By Nicholas Jackson

The 12-year veteran makes his announcement in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

The comics industry recently accused Apple of homophobia, but their history with the LGBT community is much darker than that of the tech giant.

• By Nicholas Jackson