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Assigned Media investigation finds that 96 percent of comments supporting a proposed anti-trans gun rule showed signs of being machine-generated.

Democrats Shevrin Jones, Elijah Manley and Kendrick Meek and Republican Keith Gross all have the chance to make history.

The pair met while playing a gay couple on Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

The transgender actress and influencer made an unexpected appearance at a fundraising event for Summer of Sass, an organization that gives LGBTQ+ young adults the chance to live and work in the queer resort town.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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A task force of team presidents and general managers will add the question of eligibility to their agenda.

Despite claiming to be a “pro-woman, pro-child” website, Reduxx went on to share more sensitive information about a minor.

The stories about the late Republican senator's sexuality may multiply after his death. None of them changes who he chose to be, writes John Casey

MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert's son Tyler Boebert, 20, was cited over the weekend for child abuse without injury.

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.

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.