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13 pioneering LGBT scientists to know on LGBTQ+ STEM Day
It’s LGBTQ+ STEM Day, so we’re celebrating the queer pioneers who have expanded our knowledge across the years…
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Cynthia Erivo on the power of ‘Defying Gravity’ for gay people
The Land of Oz has long been a space where LGBTQ+ people feel welcomed. Now with Out’s queer Icon of the Year, Cynthia Erivo, in the role of Elphaba, the witch who is…
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James Dean was allegedly blackmailed to hide his sexuality
A new book about Hollywood icon James Dean claims that the actor was blackmailed into paying off a former lover just before his big break because he was terrified about being outed as…
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Gay teen becomes Utah’s youngest elected official ever
Gay 19-year-old Jackson Lewis called it “surreal” that he won his race to join the Canyons School Board, located in Salt Lake Valley. The victory made him the youngest elected…
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Two LGBT icons to be honored with ‘Forever’ stamps
The United States Postal Service shared good news on Friday with an announcement they’ll be honoring two LGBTQ+ icons with stamps in 2025…
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Ted Olson, marriage equality hero, dies at 84
Theodore Olson, the iconoclastic appellate lawyer behind George W. Bush’s victory before the Supreme Court in 2000, died on Wednesday. He was 84…
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Jonathan Bailey looking like a stud on the ‘Wicked’ press tour
If you didn’t already have a massive crush on Wicked star Jonathan Bailey, get ready to join the fan club…