Who was Oscar V. Peterson, the man replacing gay rights icon Harvey Milk on a U.S. Navy ship?
Sailors will undoubtedly take pride in honoring World War II hero Peterson, but there was no reason not to take pride in Milk.
June 30, 2025
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Billie Jean King to be awarded with Congressional Gold Medal: 'An honor and a privilege'
The tennis legend will be the first woman athlete to receive the award.
September 18, 2024
Pete Hegseth gloats about the Navy erasing LGBTQ+ rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship
Harvey Milk, the LGBTQ+ civil rights icon, was discharged from the Navy for his sexual orientation.
June 27, 2025
Confederate or not? Army bases revert to names of rebels but supposedly honor others
Military Times has dubbed this "a workaround" of a law against naming bases for Confederates.
June 12, 2025
Johnny Knoxville
He brought sexual anarchy into America's living rooms with Jackass. Now he's a sex saint with three gay bear apostles in John Waters's A Dirty Shame. Meet a Southern man without inhibitions
September 28, 2004
Heroic Lesbian Police Officer Gets Medal of Valor — From Trump
The president, who's more often undermining LGBT people, today honored one who helped save lives when a gunman attacked a congressional baseball practice.
July 27, 2017
An Honorable Republican: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fought for immigrants and LGBT people during her historic House career, writes Mary Ann Gomez Orta of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute.
April 10, 2018
Sociologist Who Helped Craft 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Dies
Sociologist Charles Moskos, an expert on the attitudes of service members who helped formulate the ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy toward gays in the military, has died. The retired Northwestern University professor died of cancer Saturday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his family said. He was 74. His surveys on military personnel issues, such as morale and recruitment trends, made him widely quoted in the news media. But he was best known for the advice to the Joint Chiefs of Staff that led to ''don't ask, don't tell.''
June 4, 2008
How pro-LGBTQ+ is Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' vice president pick? His record speaks for itself
The Minnesota governor's LGBTQ+ support started long before his time in politics.
August 7, 2024
Here are all of Trump's executive orders that have targeted transgender people — so far
He's going after diversity programs, transgender students, and more with executive orders that will most definitely be contested in court.
February 2, 2025
A history of political violence in the U.S., from Hamilton to Harvey Milk to Gabby Giffords
The attempt on Donald Trump's life Saturday was only the latest instance in a long history of violence against American political leaders.
July 16, 2024
This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who
The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.
April 1, 2015
14 LGBT Heroes Who Saved the Day
Since the beginning of time, LGBT people have changed the world through feats of valor -- though many did not receive the appreciation they deserved.
October 25, 2016
