Burkina Faso bans homosexuality, levying fines and up to 5 years in prison
Burkina Faso's homosexuality ban comes 71 unelected parliament members who seized power in two coups in 2022.
September 2, 2025
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From Afghanistan to Malaysia, these are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
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April 9, 2025
Pulse Survivor Takes First Steps Since Orlando Shooting
Angel Colon took his first steps in a video posted to Facebook.
August 19, 2016
Pulse Survivor Dances for the First Time Since the Orlando Shooting
Angel Colon, a 26-year-old Zumba instructor, thought he might never walk again.
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August 3, 2016
Two Pulse survivors are now 'ex-gays' running a conversion therapy organization
After experiencing firsthand the carnage that anti-LGBTQ+ attacks can cause, Luis Ruiz and Angel Colon are attacking what they've dubbed the "identity pandemic."
June 14, 2024
Orlando Victim's Emotional Reunion With Officer Who Saved Him
Upon reuniting with Angel Colon, the man he dragged out of Pulse early Sunday, Eatonville, Fla. police officer Omar Delgado said, "I need a big hug."
June 17, 2016
The Digital Rectal Exam
A colonoscopy is recommended for all men over the age of fifty -- or earlier (age forty) for high- risk patients like African-Americans or men with a family history of prostate or colon cancer. Gay men should have a rectal exam beginning at age forty.
October 13, 2008
Prominent AIDS Activist Dr. Scott Hitt Dies in California
Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49. Hitt died Thursday of colon cancer at his home in West Hollywood, according to John Duran, the city's mayor and a longtime friend. Hitt was chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS during President Clinton's administration in the 1990s.
November 10, 2007
NYPD officers involved in fatal shooting of gay Black man Kawaski Trawick won't be disciplined
Five years after the Black gay man was fatally shot in his Bronx apartment, the NYPD’s decision not to discipline the involved officers has sparked widespread anger and calls for accountability.
April 23, 2024
Teen Suspended for Defending Gay Classmate
Mark Betterson was suspended for 10 days after he intervened in a lunchroom fight in which a gay student was reportedly being beaten.
February 10, 2014
Beverly McClellan of 'The Voice' Dies of Cancer at 49
The blues-rocker contestant who was out as a lesbian from the beginning of the hit show's first season died Tuesday.
October 31, 2018
Watch the Squirm-Inducing Queer Horror of Swallowed
A risky, dangerous adventure forces two young men to fight for each others' lives.
February 9, 2023
Strangers raise more than $70K for transgender woman hospitalized after shocking West Philly acid attack
Diana was on her way to a Pride celebration when three kids attacked her.
June 11, 2025
People of the Year: The Heroes of Pulse
June 12, 2016, was one of the darkest days in LGBT history, and the repercussions will be long felt in American and global politics, gun violence policy, and religious and racial discrimination.
While the survivors heal their bodies, they will continue to tell their stories, determined to shape the post-Pulse world around them for the better.
November 11, 2016
A Guide to the Gay Man's Physical Exam
The annual physical exam is taught as a universal modality in medical schools. Since there are certain risk factors that pertain specifically to the gay community, this discussion will focus on aspects of the physical exam that are critical for gay men.
October 13, 2008
Two Republicans Backed Equality Act in 2019, Rejected It in 2021
Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Elise Stefanik voted against the pro-LGBTQ+ bill two years after embracing it.
February 26, 2021
Pulse Survivors Lead Rally Promoting 'Deliverance' From Gay Identity
About 100 people congregated in Orlando on Saturday to protest a proposed ban on "conversion therapy."
September 16, 2019
'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dead at 43
The actor's legacy will forever be cemented in Black Hollywood history.
August 28, 2020
Pope Calls Same-Sex Marriage a 'Threat' to the Family
The pontiff's mixed record on LGBT issues got dicier with his remarks in Manila today.
January 16, 2015
