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Kate Winslet on how new film 'Lee' breaks gender norms

The Oscar winner and her Lee costars Andy Samberg and Andrea Riseborough discuss upending expectations of gender, friendship, and radical acceptance.

Holocaust Monument for LGBTQ+ Victims Vandalized in Berlin

The public prosecutor is investigating it as a potential hate crime.

LGBTQ Holocaust Victims Remembered for First Time by German Parliament

For the first time, the German Bundestag dedicated its annual Holocaust remembrance to LGBTQ+ people who were killed under Hitler's rule.

Survivor of Gay Concentration Camp in Chechnya Comes Forward

Maxim Lapunov is the first to formally alert Russian authorities of the region's queer persecution.

Report: Chechnya Is Torturing Gay Men in Concentration Camps

New details have emerged about a horrific "purge" in the Russian region, the likes of which haven't been seen since the Holocaust.

Gay Victims of Nazi Germany Remembered at Holocaust Ceremony

An estimated 650 gay people, mostly men, were interned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Trump's AG Nominee Ran 'HIV Camps' at Guantanamo Bay

The conditions upheld by then-attorney general William Barr were "deplorable" and likened to a concentration camp.

Over a Thousand Protest Antigay Preacher in North Carolina

Over 1,000 people protested a minister who advocated putting gays into a concentration camp-style setting.

One Year Later, Chechnya's 'Gay Purge' Remains Uninvestigated

Human rights groups are still calling on Russia to act in response to reports of gay concentration camps.

WATCH: Marriage Equality Endangers 'Soul of America,' Says Huckabee

Mike Huckabee made the statement in a speech laced with Holocaust references after leading a tour of concentration camps in Poland.

The Role of Apartheid in the Murder of a Gay South African Teen

The 2011 killing of Raymond Buys -- and the world's first concentration camps -- inspire the new novel by Damian Barr.

7 Ways to Resist This Week

Protest the concentration camps in Chechnya, participate in the Tax Day March, and partake in films and TV shows that support The Resistance.

PHOTOS: Israel's First Gay Holocaust Memorial

As many as 15,000 LGBT people were killed in Nazi concentration camps. Tel Aviv is the first Israeli city to unveil a memorial.

Urban Outfitters Under Fire for Pink Triangle Tapestry

The triangle is against a gray- and white-striped background, making the tapestry resemble uniforms gay prisoners had to wear in Nazi concentration camps.

Log Cabin's Trump Endorsement Proves They Are Morally Bankrupt Racists

The Muslim bans, the Nazi defenses, the concentration camps, the attacks on trans people -- how can anyone who isn't a bigot endorse that?

Protest Against Homophobic Pastor Will Go On

Catawba County officials have decided to permit a protest against the Reverend Charles Worley, who called for placing gay people in a concentration camp-like setting.

The World Honors LGBT Holocaust Victims on Day of Remembrance

Events will be held all day Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz from Nazi Germany.

V-E Day: Watch a Gay Holocaust Survivor Recount His Experience

Seventy years after the Allies defeated the Nazis, hear the story of a gay man who lived through Buchenwald.

Lessons Learned: Surviving the Holocaust as a Gay Man

Rudolf Brazda, who died in 2011, recounted his experiences surviving Buchenwald. Watch him tell his story.