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If Mitchell made cult classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch today, would he be able to get away with it?

The Pride Parade’s focus on masculine white men often pushes the rest of the LGBTQ community to the margins.

In the summer of 1978, Gilbert Baker created a rainbow flag as a decoration for San Francisco's Gay Freedom Day Parade. Now, 40 years later, the late artist and activist's flag has become a global symbol for the gay community - a unifying force far beyond the city. In June 2018, San Francisco is awash in the six colors of the flag's rainbow. In the Castro district and downtown along Market Street, there's a riot of rainbow merchandise in store windows ahead of Sunday's annual parade: T-shirts, feather wings, clip-on tails, tutus and even rainbow-striped rompers.

'Yaaas kween' is not here to stay. The future of LGBTQ language will reimagine how people see identity.

We don’t always like to talk about it, but blind solidarity can hinder the search for justice.

Katie Hill would be California’s first openly bisexual congressperson

When François Clemmons joined the show's cast, he was surprised to learn he'd be playing a black cop. "The idea that he wanted me to become one of them

Gay Men’s Counseling Alliance, GMCA is here to support, to listen and most importantly help you realize that you do not have to take this journey alone. We offer online counseling and therapy for individual gay men and couples.  As a therapist, my purpose is to understand you, your story,

Younger is probably better for children to be introduced to the ways people around them are different

I downloaded Grindr as soon as my first iPhone was out of its box. 

Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.

Has Pride been coopted? This year’s parade goers are wearing black in honour of the victims of serial killers

A century-old adherence to entrenched prom traditions has long left many young people in the dust. But in recent years, some students have been turning the heteronormative event on its head.

The original writer of the Village Voice story that inspired “Boys Don’t Cry” looks back on her reporting — and the huge error she still regrets

Corporations might genuinely support the LGBTQ+ community with Pride-related promotions, but is there a line between allyship and marketing that shouldn’t be crossed?

Three years ago this month, the U.S. Supreme Court made gay marriage legal in every state, but the LDS Church still hasn’t listed same-sex couples in its massive genealogy databank.

As we all begin to celebrate the various PRIDE celebrations throughout the country, it seems that all our news-feeds are displaying stories of solidarity, coming together and supporting each other as chosen family. It’s wonderful that as Gay men we are feeling more and more connected to each other a

A brief history of how rainbows became The Symbol of LGBTQ+ pride.

Today, the Supreme Court of Bermuda agreed to overturn the nation’s same-sex marriage ban and decided in favor of OUTBermuda and its co-litigants. Speaking for the successful Applicants, Zakiya Johnson Lord and Adrian Hartnett-Beasley of OUTBermuda said, “Love wins again! Our hearts and hopes are full, thanks to this historic decision by our Supreme Court and its recognition that all Bermuda families matter. Equality under the law is our birthright, and we begin by making every marriage equal.”

Just in time for Pride Month, Gallup has released its annual report on how many Americans self-identify as LGBT, and the results point to an ever queerer future. In the Gallup poll's six-year history (they've been tracking this data since 2012), the …

A Chilean survivor of sexual abuse said that during his private meeting with Pope Francis, the pontiff embraced him for who he was.

On Tuesday, artist Felix d'Eon‏ accused Target of "stealing" one of his designs and putting it on a t-shirt. "Is this how you support the queer Latinx community, @Target, by stealing the art of a gay Mexican artist.