California Schools Rush To Add LGBT Lessons

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Reports of polygraphs, leak hunts, and bourbon bottle controversies are intensifying scrutiny of the FBI director’s leadership.

I'm queer, Catholic, and beloved by God

In this personal essay, Madalyn Goff reflects on growing up Catholic, grappling with guilt, and learning that faith and queerness don’t have to exist in opposition.

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The Justice Department says the court ended the lawsuit. A federal appeals judge seems unconvinced.

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The Lambda Legal campaign spotlights Sonu’s relationship with his mother while challenging right-wing rhetoric portraying trans youth as threats rather than children.

Two Black gay men share how conversion therapy rooted in religious teachings shaped their lives—and the lasting trauma these practices continue to cause in Black communities.

The Louisiana Republican's Obama and Colbert antigay smear campaign surely earned Trump’s undying love.

Opinion: The signs of alcohol addiction and obsession with image control are all too clear to queer people, as is a clear cry for help, writes Josh Ackley.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

More For You

Most Popular

The escalating controversy now includes allegations of heavy drinking, criminal leak investigations, personalized bourbon bottles, and fears of retaliation inside the FBI.

The conservative justice on the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an appeals court order that made the abortion pill mifepristone inaccessible to Americans.

Colorado lawmakers are betting a rewritten, “viewpoint-neutral” approach can preserve protections the Supreme Court put at risk.

Reports of polygraphs, leak hunts, and bourbon bottle controversies are intensifying scrutiny of the FBI director’s leadership.

In this personal essay, Madalyn Goff reflects on growing up Catholic, grappling with guilt, and learning that faith and queerness don’t have to exist in opposition.

The Justice Department says the court ended the lawsuit. A federal appeals judge seems unconvinced.