LGBT Issues

What Does 'Pansexual' Mean? Behind the Rise of the Word

By Katy Steinmetz

Zambia's President Says U.S. Ambassador Should Leave Country After Defending Gay Couple

By Taonga Clifford Mitimingi / Bloomberg

Vogue Mexico's December Issue Cover Features an Indigenous Trans Woman for the First Time

By Jasmine Aguilera

'About As Ugly As You Can Get.' Critiquing 2020 Democrats, Tennessee County Commissioner Uses Anti-Gay Slurs, Racially-Charged Remarks

By Josiah Bates
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'We Offer an Inclusive Space.' Only 8 Days After Launching First U.K. Location, British Mall Decides Not To Renew Chick-fil-A's Lease

The first Chick-fil-A in the U.K. will be closing in six months due to backlash to the fast food chain with an anti-LGBT reputation.

By Jasmine Aguilera

Bachelor Franchise Celebrates First Same-Sex Engagement

"I came here to find myself. But I found myself in you," said Demi Burnett

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'I Was a Religious Zealot That Hurt People.' After Coming Out as Gay, a Former Conversion Therapy Leader Is Apologizing to the LGBTQ Community

'I was a religious zealot that hurt people'

By Mahita Gajanan

DOJ Files to Legalize Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination

Workers' sexual orientation is not protected under Title VII legislation, federal lawyers argue

By Alejandro de la Garza

Young Americans Are Increasingly 'Uncomfortable' With LGBTQ Community, GLAAD Study Shows

LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD released the results of its latest "Acceptance Index"

By Nadia Suleman

Brunei Sultan Hands Back Oxford Degree After Backlash

The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree he received from the University of Oxford in England after global backlash over his proposal to punish people who engage in same-sex relations with the death...

By Abby Vesoulis

How China Feeds 1.4 Billion People

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LGBT Groups Condemn Removal of Gay Scout Leader

Geoffrey McGrath is thought to be the first openly homosexual adult to be removed from leadership since the Boy Scouts of America voted last year to ban openly gay adults from participation. Gay rights groups called the move discriminatory

By Alexandra Sifferlin

Watch Ellen Page’s Emotional Coming Out Speech

At a Las Vegas conference held by the Human Rights Campaign Friday to support L.G.B.T. youth, the Oscar-nominated actress told an audience, "I’m here today because I am gay"

By Sam Frizell
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