5 THINGS TO KNOW

Anti-gay Roy Moore had a humiliating loss in Senate race.

Antigay Roy Moore, removed twice from his role as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, appears to be losing his second bid for the U.S. Senate. Moore is competing with several Republicans to be the GOP’s nominee to take on…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Virginia is the first Southern state to ban conversion therapy.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday signed a bill that will ban so-called conversion therapy for minors in the state. Maryland and D.C. are among the U.S. jurisdictions in which the highly discredited practice has been banned. Virginia will become…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Eye-opening new study reveals why gay men are so stressed.

Gay and bisexual men face “unique, status-based competitive pressures” that can put a major strain on their mental health, a new study has revealed. The five-year study was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and is the…

5 THINGS TO KNOW

Dallas will soon have the most rainbow crosswalks in the US.

Dallas will soon become the city with the most rainbow crosswalks in the country. Ten are currently being installed in the city’s LGBT neighborhood of Oak Lawn, a place that NBC News described as “the heartbeat of the North Texas LGBT community.”…