In case you haven’t heard the term before, a microaggression is a gesture, comment, or opinion directed at a minority person that isn’t meant to be offensive or harmful, but can have profoundly negative consequences because the language is steeped…
I’ll admit that as a straight woman, I haven’t spent much time thinking about lesbian bars. But when dating app Hinge announced it was partnering with The Lesbian Bar Project to save the remaining 21 lesbian bars left in the country…
Many in the LGBTQ community throughout the country were expected to join their friends, neighbors, and family members this week in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center’s Twin Towers and on…
One man’s words inspired generations of queer people to embrace who they are without shame. Carl Bean, the minister and gospel singer whose 1977 disco hit “I Was Born This Way” became a full-throated anthem of LGBTQ+ pride, has died at…
It’s been quite a year for out LGBTQ athletes, with a record number competing in the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics, as well as male professional athletes Carl Nassib, Luke Prokop and Bryan Ruby coming out publicly. This is the…
A teacher in Missouri resigned after he was told to sign a letter stating that he would not tell students that he’s gay. John Wallis, 22, was hired this year to teach speech and theater at Neosho Junior High School in…
The Spanish man who claimed a homophobic gang carved the word “f****t” into his buttocks has now told Madrid police his injuries were consensual. The alleged attack touched off a wave of protests Wednesday (8 September) and prompted the government to…
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