People of Color Are Far More Likely to Be Victims of Anti-LGBT Crimes
While only 38 percent of the U.S. population identify as people of color, 60 percent of survivors of…
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Is Being Gay in America Hazardous to Your Health?
New research finds bisexuals in particular have higher levels of psychological distress. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: torbakhopper/Flickr) There…
We Need a Hashtag That Celebrates What Actually Goes on in LGBT Clubs
#LoveIsLove has united members and supporters of the LGBT community after Orlando. But what happens when the plurality of the rainbow gets collapsed into a single image of two men kissing?
It Was Latino Night at the Gay Club
Violence in Orlando has forced us to recognize that there is much more than the straight and narrow,…
How Stigma Hurts Transgender Lives
Stigma kills. That’s the lesson from a series of papers reviewing the health of transgender people around the world, published…
Acceptance of Gays and Lesbians Is at a Record High in the U.S.
And a rising number of Americans report having had a sexual encounter with someone of the same gender.…
The Symbolic Importance of Gay Bars
For many non-heterosexual people, gay bars help us find our way. They are often the most accessible safe…
Why Phil Bryant’s Solidarity Must Be Taken With a Grain of Salt
To center our reaction to the tragedy in Florida around ideological terrorism is to ignore an uncomfortable truth:…
Subculture: Queer K-Pop Fans
What K-pop offers young outsiders that mainstream American pop doesn’t. By Francie Diep Miles Jai (left) at KCON,…
The Ban on Gay Men Giving Blood Doesn’t Make Any Sense
It’s a holdover from the early days of the AIDS epidemic. By Sarah Beller People wait to donate…