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Watch Inauguration — Or Watch These Cher Videos

You can watch Donald Trump take the oath of office (scroll down), or you can watch one of his biggest critics do her thing.

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The Latest

For one LGBTQ+ family from Indiana, Family Week offered something rare: the joy of being surrounded by families that looked like theirs.

The South Carolina Republican is escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ people and lawmakers of color.

White House communications director Steven Cheung reaches for a juvenile, 40-year-old sex fiction to criticize an actor’s defense of USAID, writes John Casey.

Opinion: Many men held up as role models to boys are being exposed as dangerous charlatans, writes Josh Ackley.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to be told.

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The mayor’s office in Spokane had initially defended the hateful sign as protected speech under the First Amendment.

Self-described MAGA misogynist Andrew Tate was arrested in Florida on rape and human trafficking charges.

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

The LGBTQ+ media pioneer and homelessness advocate was 58. His longtime partner, Jayson Conner, died four days earlier.

Responding to a recent New York Times guest essay, child and adolescent psychiatrist Chase T. M. Anderson explains why "queer" better reflects their identity, politics, and vision for LGBTQ+ liberation.

Seth Grove repeatedly opposed LGBTQ+ protections and tried to reshape the civil rights system he will now govern.