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Sin City sinners: Jonathan Van Ness says 'Queer Eye' cast gets spicy in season 9

The Fab Five "makes out ferociously" in Las Vegas.

Dan Levy Takes Us to Brunch in New Cooking Competition for HBO Max

Levy says he created the show for "the local culinary heroes of America who deserve a spotlight."

Remembering Ron

When Continental Flight 3407 crashed in upstate New York, it claimed the life of local hero and gay rights activist Ron Gonzalez -- beloved by family, friends, and total strangers.

Did 'Lazy Reporting' in Houston Doom HERO?

With local media repeating debunked, transphobic lies about 'bathroom predators,' Houstonians didn't have a chance to learn the truth about the innocuous nondiscrimination ordinance.  

Utah Gov. Thanks 'Hero' Who Stopped Antigay Mob

The Republican politician praised Terrance Mannery for "supporting members of the LGBTQ+ community when they were in peril."

Houston Votes to Go Backward on Equal Rights Ordinance

Anti-trans scare tactics appeared to have worked in the nation's fourth-largest city.

WATCH: Houston's Bathroom Myth Won't Stay Flushed

The activists who defeated the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance are trotting out the same debunked, transphobic scare tactics to urge the election of conservative candidates.

Texas Court Rules Equal Rights Should Be Voted Upon

The ruling comes three months after a judge ruled that opponents of Houston's controversial non-discrimination ordinance failed to force a repeal referendum.

Grumpy Houston Man Sues City Over Trans-Inclusive Ordinance

Longtime anti-LGBT activist Dave Wilson is angry the city won't heed his petition, which also demands businesses define 'gender' as one's birth-assigned sex.

Stop Saying the Deep South Is a Lost Cause

Black women saved us from Roy Moore, but even white men are open to change if the message is right.

Dallas Strengthens LGBT Protections

It wasn't all bad news for LGBT Texans Tuesday night -- residents of Dallas will now be protected by a more robust nondiscrimination ordinance.

Black Lives Matter Named Grand Marshal of S.F. Pride

The movement is among those that "represent the LGBTQ community's highest ambitions for inclusion, justice, and equality."

Donald Trump celebrates golf legend Arnold Palmer’s ‘unbelievable’ genitals in bizarre campaign rally rant

With their obsession over people’s body parts, Republicans are upping their level of cringe this election.

Leslie Jordan Banishes Antigay WeHo Starbucks Patrons

The gay actor reportedly helped expel a group of men yelling antigay slurs at a West Hollywood coffee shop.

Teacher Attacks Trans Students' Identities With Bigoted Letter

The teacher gave a letter to several high school students, referring to them by their deadnames and saying their gender assigned at birth was "the biological truth."