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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have risen around the world since 2020: report

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes have increased in the past five years across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.

TikTok Presents Hate: Cheering Trans Suicides, Calling Gays Pedophiles

The wildly popular platform needs to do more to remove the hate, says a new study by a U.K. think tank.

Elon Musk Called Out as Anti-LGBTQ+ Slurs Rise on Twitter

U.S. Reps. Mark Takano and Adam Schiff cite a report that use of the "groomer" narrative has risen 119 percent since Musk took over Twitter last fall.

Trump's pardoning of insurrectionists will turbocharge trans violence

Trump and his allies are pushing a radical agenda that threatens our democracy, targeting trans communities while fueling violence and oppression, writes Imara Jones.

Speaker Mike Johnson Wrote Foreword to Homophobic, Pizzagate-Promoting Book

The Revivalist Manifesto is full of conspiracy theories and includes homophobic references to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

U.K. Far-Right Takes Lesson from U.S. Protests Against Drag Queens

(CNN) -- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.

View from Washington: Legacies

I hate to ruin my cynical journalistic cred by asserting that things are starting to come up roses for the LGBT movement, but the past couple weeks have offered some flowery tinges of spring amid the autumn chill.

LGBT Groups Face Uncertain Financial Times

About 35 LGBT leaders met in Washington, D.C., to discuss how they can conserve resources and still advance the movement during an economic downturn.

A historic statement of unity

An unprecedented 22 national gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual groups have gotten together to issue a combined manifesto calling for all GLBT Americans to continue the fight for full equality.

Gay Conservatives See Progress Beyond 2012 Platform

Despite backward-looking views in the Republican Party platform, gay conservatives and their allies report significant progress toward equality over the past decade.

Meet the 36 Point Scholars That Make Up the Class of 2015

Thanks to the Point Foundation, these LGBT young people are getting the education they need to support their passions and change the world.

2018’s Icons, Innovators, and Disruptors

American culture is changing fast. Here are the queer people leading the charge.