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Grammys 2025: Empowering messages from LGBTQ+ celebs

Ricky Cornish shares how Wayne Brady, Scott Hoying, and more queer stars are speaking out in the face of the second coming of Trump.

WATCH: Madonna And Friends Perform 'Holiday' With Classroom Instruments

The Queen of Pop and the Tonight Show gang team up for fun.

Adult LGBTQ+ role models are instrumental to queer youth's mental health. Here's how

Two-thirds of LGBTQ+ young people (67 percent) report having at least one older LGBTQ+ adult role model in their day-to-day lives. Here's why that's important.

Seattle Elects Gay Mayor Ed Murray

State senator Ed Murray, Seattle's new mayor-elect, was instrumental in establishing marriage equality in Washington State.

WATCH: Christian Rapper's Antigay Answer to 'Same Love'

Texas rapper Bizzle uses the instrumental hook from Macklemore's 'Same Love' to say that LGBT people are sinful, violent, and just like pedophiles.

Condoms Are 'Instruments of a Crime' in Pittsburgh Prostitution Cases

Some cities and states have stopped criminalizing condom possession by sex workers to stem the spread of HIV and STIs, but Allegheny County continues the practice. 

WATCH: Idina Menzel, Jimmy Fallon, The Roots and Toys Rock 'Let It Go'

This video is what it would look like if Idina Menzel, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots were your second-grade music teachers.

Minnesota Lawmaker Attends 'Freedom March' for Conversion Therapy

Dan Hall was instrumental in defeating a conversion therapy ban in the state.

Remembering a Pioneering Female Soldier Killed in Action

Adrianna Vorderbruggen, instrumental in repealing DADT, died while on active duty in Afghanistan.

At HRC Gala, Pelosi Shines, While ENDA's on Everyone's Mind

The 11th annual national dinner of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, D.C., on Saturday was expected to be a time of outright celebration, with the organization honoring Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for her instrumental role in passing both hate-crimes legislation and, it was hoped, an Employment Non-Discrimination Act that protected the entire gay, lesbian, and transgender community.

Op-ed: Gay Chicago Was Instrumental to Rahm's Win

Rahm Emanuel will lead the Second City for another four years, but both he and his opponent knew they needed LGBT voters to win.

Melissa Etheridge & Daughter Perform Moving Rendition of 'Fix You'

Etheridge and daughter Bailey Cypheridge trade off on verses and instruments for an electrifying performance. 

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ winner Nymphia Wind performs for Taiwan’s outgoing president

President Tsai Ing-wen has been instrumental for the advancement of LGBTQ+ rights in the Asian nation.

LGBTQ+ and AIDS Activist Susan Cowell Dead at 71

Cowell, a nurse, was instrumental in Rochester, N.Y.'s response to the AIDS crisis and was heavily involved in politics as well.

The L Word's Jennifer Beals Plays the Nose Flute for Ellen DeGeneres

Beals also discussed the decision to reboot the groundbreaking series about queer women.