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Kelly Clarkson chats with Laverne Cox and LGBTQ+ center CEO: 'It's getting a little scary now'

The musician hosted transgender actor and icon Laverne Cox on Thursday's episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, alongside Carla Smith, CEO of the LGBT Community Center in New York City.

Carla Smith Looks to Continue Life of Service as CEO of New York LGBT Community Center

Smith will succeed Glennda Testone, who's leaving the center after 14 years.

In the Galleries: Once Upon a Time and Now

To celebrate New York's LGBT Community Center's renovation an historic collection of work is on show.

This LGBT Organization Has a Clear Plan to Take on Trump

The Los Angeles LGBT Center, the nation's largest queer community center, is springing to action before the administration's worst plans take effect.

New 'Yass' Community Center Linked to Peter Thiel Money

The venture capital firm backed by the tech mogul is the sole funder of a members-only, LGBT community center.

Staffer at San Diego LGBT Center Punched in Head

An agitated person seeking housing allegedly attacked a 62-year-old employee of the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

We Must Make Hate Crime Laws Better

We currently lack the information -- and will -- to make a dent in violence perpetrated against minorities, writes Trevon Mayers of New York's LGBT Community Center.

Bronx Community Pride Center to Close Following Former Leader's Fraud Arrest

The only LGBT community center serving thousands of people in the Bronx will close this Saturday following the arrest of the group's former executive director on charges of stealing $338,000 from the organization.

'Broadway Backwards' to Celebrate 10 Years of Singers Swapping Genders

Men perform female songs and women perform male songs in this star-studded annual benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and New York's LGBT Community Center.

Meet Evan Bachner, who at 67 will participate in his 18th AIDS bike ride from Boston to New York

The annual Cycle for the Cause ride starts Thursday in Boston and ends Sunday in NYC.

Philadelphia cancels Trans Day of Visibility ceremony in 'challenging times'

The trans flag will still fly at City Hall, but there will be no festivities. The city's head of LGBTQ+ affairs was recently involved in a traffic stop she deems unjustified and that may have been a case of racial profiling.

Tales of Coming Out

On October 11 millions of openly gay Americans will reflect on the day they took those brave first steps out of the closet, providing support and encouragement to others who have yet to find their voice. In day one of our series on coming out, Lair star David Moretti (pictured), Big Brother's Marcellas Reynolds, and New York LGBT Community Center executive director Richard D. Burns share their stories.

Michael Seltzer, prominent LGBTQ+ activist and fundraiser in fight against AIDS, dead at 78

Seltzer spurred philanthropic organizations to take the AIDS crisis seriously.

Suspect Arrested in Vandalism at Two Orlando LGBTQ+ Centers

Murals at the centers were spray-painted with hateful graffiti and images.

MacKenzie Scott donates over $30 million to LGBTQ+ nonprofits: 'Vital agents of change'

MacKenzie Scott has awarded 279 nonprofits with $2 million each, including 15 organizations that focus on the LGBTQ+ community.

AIDS/LifeCycle fundraiser is ending after more than 30 years

The event has raised over $300 million for HIV services at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.

LGBTQ Centers Band Together, Urge Congress to Up Financial Support

Over 160 LGBTQ centers are asking leaders not to forget the nearly 40,000 people they serve each month. 

San Diego LGBT Center Urged to Hire Armed Guards After Hate Attacks

Two recent hate-based attacks prompt leaders in the community to call for sweeping changes.

America's LGBT Centers Are Under Attack

An attack in Washington, D.C., is the latest in terrifying trend, in which queer community centers have been shot at, smashed, and defaced since the presidential election.

Excluding Trans Police Officer Shows What's Wrong With LGBT Ideology

Keeping a uniformed transgender police officer away from an event she helped plan is taking the concept of "safe spaces" too far, writes Amanda Kerri.

​19 Spectacular Photos of the Inaugural L.A. Drag March

Thousands marched on Santa Monica Boulevard.