When Christine, at 25-year-old student who identifies as queer began to do rounds at local health clinics where she attends medical school in Missouri, she felt she had to keep much of her personal life obscured. “Working in a very conservative area, it feels like…
As the Supreme Court considers three LGBTQ rights cases this term, we are reminded of the first test case against sodomy laws, and efforts in 1976 related to it to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In an historic 1964 speech to…
The comedienne has faced a social media backlash after sitting next to the former president at Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers NFL game. Ellen DeGeneres has responded to the pointed social media criticism she has faced after sitting next to…
A popular Iranian singer could face the death penalty following accusations that he’s gay, according to BBC reporter Ali Hamedani. The singer in question is Mohsen Lorestani, a resident of the Kurdish province of Kermanshah. While information is limited, the…
About half of LGBTQ people in the U.S. – 52% – live in states where they could be fired, nixed for a promotion, refused training or harassed at their jobs, all because of their gender identity and sexual orientation. It is a number that…
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is ill and is missing court proceedings Monday as the body opens its fall term, raising questions as to whether he’ll be present for oral arguments in LGBTQ rights cases Tuesday. Thomas is “indisposed”…
Long before Harvey Milk became the groundbreaking, life-changing leader first beloved as “The Mayor of Castro Street” and then the first openly gay city commissioner in the United States as San Francisco City-County Supervisor, he was a typical Jewish kid from…
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