Harry Styles and Billy Porter are redefining 'masculinity' and the backlash is real. But my Gen Z students are teaching me to see hope.

The US Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country

GLAAD and Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, voiced concerns that LGBTQ stories in film are at risk due to the actors' and writers' strikes.

Among some LGBTQ activists, resistance to bigotry means nonviolence and radical compassion. They believe hating the harassers doesn't change the cycle of violence.

Mid-century publications like Physique Pictorial created community and a model for the pink dollar to enact change.

While at a party with only queer women, the writer realized he could be himself and not focus solely on attracting attention from other gay men.

In this article, we discuss the 23 most gay friendly cities in the US. You can skip our detailed analysis of gay rights in the US and head directly to 10 Most Gay Friendly Cities in the US. There’s a significant population of gay individuals and couples in the US. A Census Bureau report shows […]

Anthropologist Esther Newton and artist Holly Hughes tell Laura Flanders how they’ve flourished through decades of culture wars.

Six high-profile queer figures talk frankly

LGBTQ communities have historically used the subtle language of flowers, such as lavender and green carnations, to communicate solidarity and belonging.

While growing up on a Washington state dairy farm in the 1950s, Patrick Haggerty realized he was gay. In this animated feature from our partners at StoryCorps, he tells his daughter, Robin, about the day his father showed up unexpectedly to his performance at a school assembly.

Queer is a word that's changed over centuries. A linguist and history professor explain what it means now.

Thousands of people have been invited to Thursday night’s event on the South Lawn of the White House featuring singer Betty Who.

The bureau wants to test the wording, response categories and placement of gender identity and sexual orientation queries on the questionnaires for the American Community Survey.

Anti-LGBTQ activists are increasingly targeting public reading spaces—and librarians are our best defenders.

During the 2010 census, some responses were submitted to the government with bright pink stickers on the envelopes. The labels carried a request for the Census Bureau: include LGBTQ+ identities in the questionnaire. This grassroots effort was carried out by the National LGBTQ Task Force, a nonprofit that organizes and promotes queer activism. Its Queer […]

The writer came out to his sister when he was a teen, and she accepted him. Years later, she won't let him talk about his queerness with her kids.

Why do tens of thousands of people trek to a temporary tent city in an alkaline Nevada desert every August? Is Burning Man worth the heat and dust? What’s queer about it?

The National LGBTQ Task Force celebrated its 50th birthday this week by announcing a newly-redesigned website that include enhancements for accessibility.

Turning in is common for women in their 40s and 50s. Why don't we talk about it more?

Three years ago, Freddy Jarvik, a self-proclaimed Census nerd, ticked a new box on the nationwide survey: “married.” For the first time...

Here's everything to know about pronouns, coming out, and supporting nonbinary loved ones.

Novelists Steven Rowley and Byron Lane had a meet-cute by way of OKCupid — and a marriage proposal by way of the last page of a debut novel.

Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain have some of the world’s highest approval rates for same-sex marriage, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a nationwide organization that promotes equal rights for the LGBTQ community.