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Female mayors are more than twice as likely as male mayors to experience psychological abuse and almost three times as likely to experience physical violence, a new study found.

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

Meet Pride & Tech DC, founded by PBS developer Lindsey Dragun. Its next event is on Nov. 15.

For one week in June, Israel’s second city drums to a different beat: A mass of bronzed and oiled bodies descend on beachside bars and cafes festooned with rainbow flags, downing lunchtime mojitos to a soundtrack of pumping techno. This is Tel Aviv Gay Pride, the culmination of which is a traffic-stopping parade Friday that attracts some 200,000 people from around the world. Despite the predominance of muscled men on a rolling catwalk of ever smaller swim shorts, “Women in the Community” is the 2016 theme, and behind the scenes, it’s LGBT women who are really shaking things up.

How can a young lesbian participate in queer culture when queer communities often mock, dismiss, or outright ignore lesbian feminist history?

“Our rage and our joy aren’t at odds with each other; they’re both integral to our history, our present, our future.”

It wasn't until I moved to Spain that I realised I was 100% gay. I'd toyed with different labels, but now I knew. Here's my Spanish coming out story.

Mariah Hanson, founder of The Dinah Shore Weekend, a popular annual women's event in Palm Springs, Calif., is transforming lives one social event at a time.