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They hoped the long battle for mainstream acceptance was nearing an end. Then came the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bills and the “groomer” rhetoric.

Now part of the mainstream, queer culture is repositioning itself to challenge its own conventions, says writer Louis Staples

Ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility, and amid the unprecedented political assaults on transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming youth in the United States, Logo today announced its MTV Entertainment Group Social Impact microgrant campaign for LGBTQ community centers nationwide in partnership with CenterLink, the world’s largest LGBTQ community-based network.

The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ has rocketed to a record 7.1%, and young people are again steering the increase, a Gallup poll shows.

“In 2022, no person should ever be subjected to harassment or discrimination because of who they are.”

The holiday season highlights the gendered world of toy aisles. Finding a gender-neutral toy can be a tall order, but one with big impacts.

Salma and Khadija faced marginalisation and repression under Afghanistan’s previous governments, forced to conceal their sexuality from their families. But when the Taliban took over, they feared for their lives.

Gender diversity has existed since the beginning of time. Prior to colonization, gender expansive people in North America were highly regarded in their communities and were often mediators, healers, frontline warriors, peacemakers and teachers.  Outside of North America, divergence from the gender binary has been celebrated in many cultures. PBS even made this map of […]

How can you tell when you’re really clicking with a person? Is it when you uncover some mutual obsession? Is it when you accidentally-on-purpose brush against their shoulder and your insides go all glittery?

“For Playboy to have a male on the cover is a huge deal for the LGBT community, for my brown people community and it’s all so surreal,” the cover star said.

We are pleased to announce our first #ILoveGay Today series of interviews edited into a longer form short-form documentary about LGBTQ+ bars and how they have adapted during the pandemic has been accepted into the Palm Springs Cinema Diverse LGBTQ+ film festival.

These artists, activists, entrepreneurs and mentors have been leading the way and opening doors for other LGBTQ people of color for more than 30 years. And they have no plans to stop.

Hear firsthand how LGBTQ+ people of all stripes deal with homophobia and transphobia.

If the increasingly bare-knuckle battle between Florida’s conservative Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and the Walt Disney Co., over the Sunshine State’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law and other legislation…

Print and online news articles echoed misinformation and mostly ignored necessary context on the medical community’s support for gender-affirming care

Allow me to impart some wisdom upon the cishet masses.

The pandemic created the need for a new type of support. We met the challenge.

The organization was founded in response to the passage of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California...

The holidays traditionally mean joy, celebration, and family. But for many LGBTQ-identifying individuals, it can mean sadness, stress, and even depression. Do you come from an unaccepting family and feel forced to choose to celebrate with your partner or your family but never both at the same time? Are you the partner whose family is accepting and are left to watch your significant other struggle in sadness during the holidays because they don’t have the same acceptance from theirs?

As society’s understanding of diverse sexual identities and gender expressions has grown more inclusive, so has the acronym used to describe them.

Papi advises a letter-writer who feels their coming out was a total flop after it failed to elicit any response from friends or family. Silence is better than anger and rejection, but they were hoping for support, for positive reinforcement.

Apps like Grindr have become a popular way to meet, but their most vulnerable users must be protected from outing and potential harassment.

“Discussions of fashion and beauty norms often focus on ways in which they restrict us – and they can do, of course. But queer people have created their own visual codes over the years, with aesthetics providing opportunities for identity exploration and even political resistance”