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Broadway star Lea Salonga on helping her trans son to be 'a successful human being'

“Just love your kids and be proud that they are brave enough to fight for who they are,” she says.

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend

An acclaimed gay activist's recent death and my own experience show that members of our community are tragically more likely to take their own lives -- and the holidays make it even worse.

Forty-Year-Old Version's Radha's Gay Best Friend Tells It Like It Is

Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in the acclaimed film produced by Lena Waithe.

Antigay 14-Year-Old Says Obama Made His Ex-Friends Gay

Antigay 14-Year-Old Says Obama Made His Former Friends Gay

Transgender 18-year-old Jazlynn Johnson shot to death in Las Vegas

A 17-year-old who claimed to be her friend has been charged with murder.

Two Utah Teens Charged With Hate Crimes Over Assault on Gay Couple

A 17-year-old boy is charged with the initial assault, and his 19-year-old friend is charged with retaliating against the victim's family for the assailant's arrest.

Rapper YG Renounces Homophobic Views of Past

The 29-year-old rapper was friends with the late Nipsey Hussle, who once tweeted about his problems with the gay "agenda."

A Forgettable 'Kiss'

In This Kiss two old friends reconnect before their high school reunion to relive a lesbian moment they once shared

Homophobe Attacks Tourists in Miami Beach: One Fights Back With Knife

An 18-year-old from Alabama and his friends were on the beach when the suspect came up and hurled homophobic insults before physically attacking them. 

Why Carol's Honesty Is Revolutionary

Screenwriter Phylis Nagy does Patricia Highsmith -- an old friend -- proud in her lush take on the novelist's classic lesbian book, The Price of Salt. 

Murder May Mark Year's Sixth Killing of Trans Woman in U.S.

Bri Golec, a 22-year-old who friends say identified as a trans woman, was stabbed to death by their father, who claimed to authorities that the murder was performed by a 'cult.'

Denver Police Kill Unarmed 17-Year-Old Gay Teen

An officer-involved shooting in Denver early Monday morning left a 17-year-old girl in Denver dead. Her friends say she was openly gay.

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The Price of Progress

Bored with conventionality, novelist Michael Lowenthal yearned for the go-go gay days of the past -- until an old friend explained just how "glamorous" those days really were.

Big Gay Following: Moby

Now releasing his sixth studio album, Last Night, our 42-year-old baldheaded friend celebrates his androgyny and searches for a fresh feud.

Best Friends or More Than Friends?

In this exclusive clip from indie film Kate Can't Swim, sexually fluid Kate and her lesbian best friend, Em, confront an old promise of a life together. 

Love loss and lots of walking

Within sight of her goal of walking up the California coastline to San Francisco, our stalwart lesbian mom scares a pothead, loses her beloved dog, and finds old friends and new.

Former Prop 8 Backer Takes Hits From Both Sides

Maggie Gallagher says "I wish you well, old friend" to the man who once testified in favor of Prop. 8 but announced last week that he support same-sex marriage.

Power walk

Continuing her walk from San Diego to San Francisco, this Southern California soccer mom and lesbian connects with an old friend, an Adopt-a-Highway sign, and two out of three women at an ice cream store. A seventh weekly dispatch from the road.

18 Party Games for Adult Gay Men

Skip the bathhouse, and stay in with friends for a good old-fashioned party romp.

On Being a Tired Old Queen

The hookup atmosphere in nightlife may have died off, but now there's room on the dance floor for an older generation. And you don't even have to know who Liza is to have a good time with them. (But look up Liza, by the way.)

L.A. LGBTs Celebrate at Senior (Citizen) Prom

For many attendees, the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center event was the prom they couldn't have in their youth.