Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations lose sponsors as companies drop DEI
Several Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled down or cancelled this year due to companies and governments dropping DEI.
June 18, 2025
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Chris Colfer Joins Cast of Marriage Equality Play
The Glee actor, along with Kevin Bacon and John C. Reilly, is joining the reading of the Dustin Lance Black-penned script.
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Black trans woman Monique Brooks shot and killed in Florida parking lot
Monique Brooks was remembered for her sweet and outgoing disposition. Police are looking for those responsible.
August 12, 2024
Trans Woman Maddie Hofmann Killed by Police in Pennsylvania
They were experiencing a mental health crisis at the time, the same situation as a Virginia trans man who was killed by police in July.
August 26, 2022
Who is Pam Bondi? Trump's attorney general pick has a mixed history on LGBTQ+ issues
The former Florida attorney general supported workforce protections for queer people in Florida but battled marriage equality in court until the bitter end.
November 22, 2024
Gay Conservatives Disappointed in GOP Platform
"The final document is marred by outdated social conservative ideology," said the Log Cabin Republicans, which participated in the platform drafting process for the first time this year.
August 22, 2012
Transgender Day of Remembrance Honors Those We've Lost to Violence
There have been 32 violent deaths of trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people in 2022 -- and 300 in the decade these numbers have been tracked.
November 20, 2022
Trump Admin Supports Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Families
The Department of Justice filed a brief in an upcoming Supreme Court case, urging the court to allow such discrimination if rooted in religion.
June 4, 2020
HRC Report on Trans Deaths: We Must Dismantle Stigma
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation remembers trans people lost to violence in 2020 and calls for action to address this epidemic.
November 19, 2020
Pope Benedict rails against proposed rights for gay couples
Pope Benedict spoke out against same-sex marriage on Thursday, a topic that Italy's incoming center-left government will likely soon confront.
May 11, 2006
Trans People Continue to Be Murdered at Extreme Rates as Republicans Push Transphobic Laws
The Human Rights Campaign released its annual report on Transgender Day of Remembrance, highlighting the disproporionate violence transgender and gender nonconforming people face.
November 20, 2023
Read This Year's Best Debut LGBT Fiction
According to Lambda Literary, Nik Nicholson's book Descendants of Hagar is the best LGBT debut novel produced this year. Read an exclusive excerpt from the book below.
June 18, 2014
Transgender Man's Decomposing Body Found in Closet of Abusive Ex
Luis Ánel Diaz Castro went missing the same day his abusive ex was released from jail on a domestic violence charge.
October 5, 2023
Conservative Texas Lawyer Targets PrEP Access After Abortion Rights
PrEP drugs "encourage and facilitate homosexual behavior," says Texas abortion law author Jonathan Mitchell in a federal lawsuit targeting the antiviral medications.
July 13, 2022
Lambda Literary to Host Rare West Coast Extravaganza
The 25th anniversary events bring together Tony-nominated cabaret star Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, 12 Lambda award finalists (T Cooper, Richard Kramer, Ryka Aoki, and more), and Los Angeles literary pioneers Malcolm Boyd, Lillian Faderman, Katherine V. Forrest, John Rechy, and Patricia Nell Warren.
April 24, 2013
Brainwashed no more
The firestorm over Zach, an out teen trapped in an "ex-gay" program in Tennessee, has uncovered the far right's aggressive efforts to force gay youths to act straight. Some have escaped and share their harrowing tales
August 15, 2005