LGBTQ

For the LGBTQ community, the digital age should have opened an age of freedom. Instead, it has opened them to new threats across the globe.

Lori Lightfoot addresses guests after being sworn in as mayor of Chicago during a ceremony at the Wintrust Arena on May 20th, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

Five black transgender women have been killed in the United States so far this year.

Teenage girls are challenging the meaning and the traditional constraints of gender—but many boys are still trying to fit into a gender structure that has historically benefited them.

One of the highest ranking generals in the state national guard told troops they wouldn't be kicked out, but he may not have the final word.

The Supreme Court voted Tuesday to enact the Trump administration's policy prohibiting people with a gender identity that differs from their biological sex from serving in the military.

But there are still no conversion therapy laws in more than half of the United States.

Research shows that having more women, more people of color, and more LGBTQ people makes for a more productive, bipartisan, and responsive legislature.

The new Supreme Court justice may not have the effect on liberal causes that some fear—that move to the right has already occurred.

New research suggests that sexual minorities are particularly vulnerable to dependency on these drugs.

LGBTQ activists hold a "We Will Not Be Erased" rally in front of the White House October 22nd, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

There is currently no statewide law that protects LGBTQ employees from discrimination, but San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth have non-discrimination ordinances similar to Austin's.

Many schools aren't equipped to meet students where they are—and a big part of that problem centers on schools' and students' limited access to high-quality materials.

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

Este artículo trata sobre el papel que desempeñan las personas queer de color en la resistencia a la vigilancia policial opresiva.

The glossy coming-of-age dramedy is about gay people writing their own lives—and it's empowering some people to come out.

Depending on where you're born, things might not have gotten that much better.

Luca Guadagnino's new film shows how, for many queer people, moralistic norms can create a sense of belatedness—even when they finally find love.

Walter Cole has spent the past 50 years performing at his club in Portland. During that time he became an icon and leader in the community.

In her new and radical memoir, Myriam Gurba discusses reclaiming political power through the art of nastiness.

New research finds overestimation of the homosexual population is linked with lower support for gay rights.

Californians can now choose to mark "X" on birth certificates and driver's licenses.

A 2015 law signed by Governor Rick Snyder protects child-placement agencies from providing services that conflict with their religious beliefs.

For decades, the two communities have worked hand-in-hand on a range of issues—and now they're both under fire from the White House.