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gay queer hate crime memorial outside stonewall inn NYC

FBI report: Despite overall crime drop, anti-LGBTQ+ violence remains alarmingly high

There is "a national emergency hiding in plain sight," says Kelley Robinson of the Human Rights Campaign.

TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart preaching at Flora Blanca Stadium in March 1987 and in tearfully asking for God forgiveness as he resigns from his ministry due to allegations of sexual misconduct in February 1998

Who was Jimmy Swaggart, the late, anti-LGBTQ+, disgraced televangelist?

Swaggart, who was involved in scandals with female sex workers, was as homophobic as any of his ilk, once saying he'd kill a gay man who looked at him with romantic intentions.

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Gay man's face 'peeled off' in knife attack, police won't charge his confessed attacker

Former Uber driver Arnold Lawton admits to slashing Rene Alvarez last year. Here's why prosecutors won't file criminal or hate-crime charges.

From left: Darwell's Happiness Cafe; male-female couple

Mississippi restaurant gives out straight-couples-only offer and is roundly lambasted for it

"We don't do the trans or the lesbians or gays," an owner of Darwell's Happiness Cafe said.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Beckwith shares post from church that called for death to gays; his team walks it back

Nevertheless, Beckwith has a history of horrific comments about LGBTQ+ people.

Supreme Court building

Mass. teacher sued after being fired over transphobic posts online. The Supreme Court just rejected her case

A lower court held that a Massachusetts school district was within its rights to fire Kari MacRae, and the Supreme Court won't revisit that.

Nick Offerman arrives for HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ premiere, January 9, 2023, in Los Angeles

Note to Michael Flynn Jr.: Ron Swanson was no homophobe, and neither is Nick Offerman

Flynn Jr., son of the former national security adviser, posted a doctored Parks and Recreation clip on X making Swanson appear anti-LGBTQ+.

Harvey Milk outside his Castro neighborhood camera shop in San Francisco in 1977; USNS Harvey Milk

For Pride Month, homophobe Hegseth orders Navy to strip Harvey Milk's name from ship

An official with the Department of Defense said the timing during Pride Month was intentional.

sad teens counting money

Economic insecurity linked to LGBTQ+ youth mental health issues: Trevor Project report

Most research on economic factors has focused on adults, but the new report shows how they affect young people.

Budapest LGBTQIA Pride Parade 2021 over iconic Széchenyi Lánchíd Chain Bridge

Hungary seeks to ban Pride and amend constitution to recognize only male and female genders

Hungarian officials say they have been emboldened by Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ moves.

broken house window alongside rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags on a black iron fence

A gay man in D.C. was attacked in his home with a rock. He believes it was a hate crime

Addam Schauer-Mayhew was watching tennis on his couch Friday when a man threw a rock through his window.

Sesame Street characters performing on the New York Public Library set at Universal Studios, Singapore

Republicans accuse PBS of 'grooming' children with 'Sesame Street' Pride post

Congressional homophobes and transphobes just can't stand Pride Month.

actor jonathan joss on parks and rec

'King of the Hill' actor Jonathan Joss shot to death; husband calls it antigay hate crime

Joss, 59, was shot at the site of his former home in San Antonio Sunday night.

Sally Ride

Arts & Entertainment

Watch the trailer for 'Sally,' the documentary about pioneering lesbian astronaut Sally Ride

Ride flew to fame as the first American woman in space, but her 27-year relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy became public knowledge only upon Ride's death.