On a map of the city, researchers at Washington University have placed 800 dots. They represent pieces of gay history, stitching together a story arc that has been told only in snippets. There on the interactive map are the nightclubs, the bookstores, the places of worship where those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer came together, safe harbors in a Midwest city resisting what was not considered normal.
The 300 members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, which is on a tour throughout the south along with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, made a stop Monday in Selma to sing at historic Brown Chapel AME Church and walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
‘Coming out and living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or supportive straight person is an act of bravery and authenticity.’ This is what the Human Rights Campaign says to people in their guide to coming out. Donald Trump ‘will visit the UK in early 2018 but will not meet the Queen’ National Coming Out Day is happening, as it does every year, on Wednesday, October 11.
HIV is spreading among gay Hispanic men — particularly those under the age of 30, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers say young Hispanics are acquiring HIV at greater rates than other groups, putting them “on the leading edge of transmission.”
A few hundred people held the first ever pride parade in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, on Tuesday, to promote the rights of the gay community. The parade, called “In the name of love,” was organized by nine non-governmental organizations to raise awareness and end prejudice in Kosovo society.
Ali Asgar still remembers the terrible screaming of Xulhaz Mannan, founder of Roopbaan, Bangladesh’s only LGBTQ magazine, and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, as a gang of six attackers hacked them to death.
There’s a unique scholarship for LGBT students who want to attend the University of Toledo. It’s called the Anaya/Arroyo Scholarship, for undergrads who identify as LGBT. It honors Dr. Rane Arroyo a former UT English professor and former student Troy Anaya Jr.
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