A Brief History of the Gayest Color

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        A Brief History of the Gayest Color
     
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          Oct 19, 2012
          
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        South Florida husbands among Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash
      Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.
 
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        In ‘Test,’ queer bodybuilders and their struggles finally take center stage
      The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.
 
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        Advocates entered a Georgia ICE detention center to visit a queer detainee and felt ‘darkness’
      Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.
 
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        Florida voters deliver wins for LGBTQ+ candidates and losses for Moms for Liberty
      Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.
 
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A Brief History of the Gayest Color

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South Florida husbands among Americans killed in Kenya helicopter crash

Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

In ‘Test,’ queer bodybuilders and their struggles finally take center stage

The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.

Advocates entered a Georgia ICE detention center to visit a queer detainee and felt ‘darkness’

Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Florida voters deliver wins for LGBTQ+ candidates and losses for Moms for Liberty

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

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Federal appeals court upholds Florida law restricting drag performances

As Day of Silence turns 30, LGBTQ+ students are stuck in 1996

Los Angeles police won't stop man from throwing dog poop at LGBTQ+ youth center

LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

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Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy to expose LGBTQ+ students

The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

Kansas law forced these men into women's bathrooms. Their compliance highlights the absurdity

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

A closeted soccer star escaped to a WeHo motel. A new doc sparked what came next

Over 40 years ago, Tony Powell left the U.K. for a new life in West Hollywood.The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel explores just what, or who, he was running from.

If anyone should get a motel room, it’s Senator John Kennedy and Donald Trump

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

Black LGBTQ+ survivors speak out about conversion therapy in religious spaces

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.

Ex-Virginia cop demands $15 million after sharing locker room with trans colleague

The Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”

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A Brief History of the Gayest Color

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Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra were remembered as a loving couple devoted to family, travel, and service.

The new film shines a light on queer bodybuilding and the pressures on men to seek physical perfection.

Behind barbed wire and glass, organizers found a queer Cameroonian mother exhausted, fearful of medical care, and determined not to lose hope.

Five out Democrats advanced in Florida House races as Equality Florida-backed school board candidates defeated extreme conservative rivals.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

More For You

Most Popular

The Anne Arundel County policy change came after Education Secretary Linda McMahon urged the Justice Department to punish the district, citing parental rights protections.

A group of transgender men who call themselves the "SB244 compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so.

Over 40 years ago, Tony Powell left the U.K. for a new life in West Hollywood.The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel explores just what, or who, he was running from.

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

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 Norfolk Police Department said the recruit’s presence broke no rules. Former officer Meghan Grabow claims she was told to “learn to deal with it.”