Three years before the 1969 Stonewall Inn riot in Manhattan, there was watershed moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement at a diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. On a hot August night in 1966, a riot at Compton’s Cafeteria…
Fox News published a now-deleted tweet and article falsely claiming that the intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag — recently flown at a White House Pride event — shows support for “pedophilia.” Online commenters have denounced Fox News for endangering LGBTQ+ people’s lives…
When it comes to baseball and LGBTQ+ inclusivity, Billy Bean often flashes back to his playing days. Ending his career without telling his parents about his life as a closeted gay ballplayer…
Higher proportions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens may be associated with higher economic growth in U.S. states, a new study from Wells Fargo shows. The study, published to commemorate Pride month, looked at…
Illinois has become the first state to make it illegal for libraries to ban books. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the landmark bill into law on Monday. It says libraries will lose their funding if they remove books…
Sesame Street is (once again) showing support for inclusivity, and the homophobes are predictably losing their marbles in response. The Twitter account for the long-running kids’ TV show shared a simple tweet almost halfway through…
As a result of an updated definition of the word “lesbian” posted in an online glossary for LGBTQ+ terms, Johns Hopkins University has come under fire for “erasing women.” To include nonbinary individuals who might still identify as lesbians…
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