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'It Just Shows What All the Work Was For.' Meet the First Same-Sex Couple to Get Married in Northern Ireland

By Suyin Haynes

'Absolutely Not a Choice.' Elizabeth Smart's Father on Coming Out as Gay, Leaving Mormon Church

By Mahita Gajanan

Why the LDS Church Joined LGBTQ Advocates in Supporting Utah's Conversion Therapy Ban

By Tara Law

Teachers Are Clashing With Schools Over Their Trans Students

By Katie Reilly
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'This Revolution Has Raised the Bar.' How Lebanon's Protests Have Created a Surprising Space for LGBT Rights

Through an expanse of red, white and green Lebanese flags in downtown Beirut on a Saturday night, a young woman’s voice emerges from a megaphone, leading chants against sectarianism and corruption in a spontaneous rally....

By Ali Harb/Beirut

HRC to Fight Trump on LGBT Rights With White-Shoe Law Firms

The alliance comes in the wake of Trump's transgender troop ban and other policy roll backs

By Philip Elliott

Sam Smith Changes Pronouns to 'They/Them'

"Love you all. I’m scared sh*tless, but feeling super free right now"

By Tara Law

A Victim of Chechnya's Anti-Gay Purge Speaks Out: 'The Truth Exists'

A man who says he was tortured in 2017 is sharing his story, with the hopes that it will draw attention to ongoing persecution in Chechnya

By Katy Steinmetz

Lesbian Couple Makes History Playing Together at Wimbledon

The two were victorious over British players Katie Swann and Freya Christie

By Madeline Fitzgerald

Poland Is Holding Massive Pride Parades. But How Far Have LGBTQ Rights Really Come?

The biggest pride event in Central and Eastern Europe brought more people than ever to the streets in the Polish capital of Warsaw on June 8. Tens of thousands of people marched, danced and sang...

By Madeline Roache

Stonewall Activists and Queer Millennials Talk LGBTQ Issues

In sharing their stories, the group emphasizes upholding a collective LGBTQ history

By Wilder Davies and Joey Lautrup

These Rarely Seen Photos of Early Pride Parades Capture a Shifting Movement

Amid the flurry of rainbow-laden corporate logos, sponsored events and news items about gay penguins, it is difficult to turn on a television or set foot in public during June without the reminder that it...

By Wilder Davies

The Radical Woman Whose 19th Century Ideas Still Undergird the LGBTQ-Rights Movement

Victoria Woodhull also ran for President of the United States in 1872 and was labeled 'Mrs. Satan'

By Michael Bronski

Human Rights Campaign Picks Alphonso David as New President

For the first time, a person of color will be the face of the nation’s largest LGBTQ lobby. The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday announced civil rights lawyer Alphonso David had been officially hired as...

By Philip Elliott

Was Stonewall a Riot, an Uprising or a Rebellion? Here's How the Description Has Changed—And Why It Matters

The word "riot" had very specific connotations in the 1960s

By Katy Steinmetz

I Produced the Documentary 'Before Stonewall.' Here’s What It’s Been Like to Revisit It Three Decades Years Later

Robert Rosenberg reflects on the making of the film and what it still has to teach

By Robert Rosenberg

Some People Think Stonewall Was Triggered by Judy Garland’s Funeral. Here’s Why Many Experts Disagree

Why many experts disagree with the theory

By Olivia B. Waxman

New Documentary Explores the Realities of Being an Intersex Person and Their Treatment By Society

When M was 7-years-old, her parents told her that she had had an operation as a young infant that meant she couldn't have children. But, they weren't telling her the whole story. M (who wishes...

By Suyin Haynes

'It Feels Very Possible.' How This Transgender Racing Driver Is Hoping to Make Sports History

Charlie Martin hurtles around the racetrack, her gloved hands gripping the steering wheel with only blond hair visible from the top of the driver’s seat. She zooms underneath banners emblazoned with the logo of the...

By Suyin Haynes

Americans Are Increasingly Supportive of Trans Rights: Survey

The new survey comes amid federal rollbacks of LGBTQ protections

By Abby Vesoulis
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