Several people have reportedly been detained in the Russian region of Chechnya on suspicion of being gay. The Russian LGBT Network board member Igor Kochetkov, quoted in the Associated Press on January 11, would not say how many people have been…
Facing investigations and lawsuits, Mutual of Omaha has agreed to stop denying insurance to Massachusetts residents who use the HIV prevention medication Truvada, commonly used as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). The Massachusetts attorney general was investigating the denials and the group GLBTQ…
Last week, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) became the first person in 64 years to return to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. She’s the only woman to hold the office and the first person to repeat in the office…
Here’s one area where North Carolina stands alone: It’s the only state in the country that won’t let people in same-sex dating relationships get a domestic violence protective order. Now, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is taking the rare step…
A Texas high schooler named Ben came out as gay to the tune of the Black Eyed Peas’ 2009 hit “Boom Boom Pow”—and the video is taking the internet by storm. A video of the coming out was posted on…
Hate crimes against transgender people have been rising in both the United States and the U.K., and 2017 saw the first federal conviction of a hate crime against a transgender person in the U.S. Meanwhile, members of extreme anti-LGBTQ groups have…
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