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This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo

A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.

Will Democrats lose control of Senate before they even get it?

Democratic U.S. senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota suffered what may have been a stroke on Wednesday, imperiling the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.

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Stop at Rainbow Crosswalks Honors John Lewis's LGBTQ+ Rights Legacy

The funeral procession for Lewis stopped at the crosswalks in a heavily LGBTQ+ Atlanta neighborhood.

The Damage to the U.S. Capitol Continues Two Years Later

Right-wing extremists are still holding democracy and the U.S. Capitol building hostage, but the structure and its dome, the beacon of freedom the world over, will outlast them all

LGBTQ+ Rights Ally Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies at 90

"I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say, 'Sorry, I would much rather go to the other place.'"

You Just Finished 'It's a Sin.' Here's What to Watch Next.

HIV has shaken the world for 40 years; it's also produced some incredible art.

Neil Gorsuch's Gay 'Friends' Won't Save Us on the Supreme Court

The SCOTUS nominee's LGBT pals don't blot out his reverence for some very troubling individuals.

What's Gay About the Smithsonian's African-American Museum? A Lot

From art to protest, the inextricable ties between black life and LGBT life are an "integral part" of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Op-ed: The Friends of Hugo Chavez

With friends like Hugo Chavez, who needs enemies?

Former Republican N.C. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

Former senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists, and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86. ''It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day of the Declaration of Independence and the same day that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died, and he certainly is a patriot in the mold of those great men,'' said former North Carolina GOP representative Bill Cobey.

Its Not Just About the Hair

Michelle Obama's flips and bobs pay tribute to the classic looks of Jacqueline Kennedy, but this would-be first lady will make her own history.

17 Women Who Changed the Course of LGBTQ+ History

For Women's History Month, we salute activists who've made LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s through the 2020s.

Urvashi Vaid, Legendary Activist for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, Dies at 63

Vaid was a leader in several LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations as well as an award-winning author.

Person of the Year: The Finalists

Person of the Year Finalists: We limited ourselves to selecting the 10 who were most influential on LGBT lives this year, and the resulting list of consequential figures represents the best of 2013.

Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far

Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.

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The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day

How Jean O’Leary and a community of visionaries turned courage into history.

153 of the Most LGBT Friendly Hospitals

Which hospitals are truly the best when it comes to caring for LGBT patients?