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Millie Bobby Brown 'arrested' at Sabrina Carpenter's concert

"I'm really distracted right now because I see this gorgeous girl," said Carpenter of her decision to secure the Stranger Things star with pink fuzzy handcuffs.

Madison Pride Disinvites Police; Firefighters Quit Parade in Protest

Organizers said members of the LGBTQ community felt uncomfortable with an armed police presence.

Op-ed: It's Time All LGBTs Care About Police Brutality

With a police scandal rocking Baltimore, an African-American HRC staffer recounts her own terrifying encounter with an officer.

Police close Senate hearing room gay sex case after probe, finding no evidence of a crime

The congressional staffer who allegedly taped himself having sex in the room may have violated policy but committed no crime, according to Capitol Police.

Brazilian Trans Woman Brutalized By Police Proves 'We Are All Veronica'

Images of Veronica Bolina's disfigured face have gone viral, sparking a #SomosTodosVeronica movement against Brazilian police brutality.

Trans Man Strip-Searched, Files Human Rights Complaint

Boyd Kodak faced three days of horror, he says, when he was detained by police and placed in women's facilities where he was stripped, forced to wear women's clothing, and humiliated by other inmates.

The Crisis in Chile Is Extending to a Crackdown on Gays

Reports on the ground claim Chile's police force is resorting to homophobic violence as the nation descends into chaos.

Fighting for her Life Trans Woman Charged With Murder

One night in front of a Minneapolis bar has changed CeCe McDonald's life forever.

Out Basketball Star Brittney Griner Faces Knife Attack

Brittney Griner, who is playing basketball in China, was attacked by a man with a knife this week.

Sam Smith Defends His 'Whitesplaining' of Racist Attack

The Grammy winner has responded to criticism that his tweeting about an encounter with racism was clueless.

The Royal Krewe of Yuga and the Birth of Gay Carnival in New Orleans

Amid bar raids and the Red Scare, gay men in New Orleans established a vibrant culture. Read about the city's first first gay krewe in an excerpt from the new book Unveiling the Muse: The Lost History of Gay Carnival in New Orleans.

Op-ed: Discrimination Is Not a Game

An abrupt ejection from a basketball game in Florida illustrates the extreme ignorance that has stuck around about HIV.

Pope Meets With Victims of Sex Abuse by Clergy, Apologizes

For 25 remarkable minutes, the shepherd of the world's 1 billion Catholics met in Washington, D.C., with a handful of victims in the worst scandal to ever tarnish the U.S. Catholic Church. One man, abused as an altar boy, said he placed his hand over Pope Benedict XVI's heart as he pleaded with him to fix the problem of sexual abuse of minors. The pontiff apologized to his guests for not being perfectly fluent in English, and ''for everything,'' according to another victim. Plans for the secret meeting were kept quiet. But two Boston-area victims of abuse shared details of the meeting in interviews late Thursday with the Associated Press.

Why a D.C. Gay Gang Took Matters Into Its Own Hands

A new documentary, Check It, questions if LGBT organizations are partly to blame for the rise in imperiled queer youth of color in Washington.

Tourmaline to release historic biography about Marsha P. Johnson

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson will be the first full-length biography of the queer icon ever to be published.

PHOTOS: Back to the Baths

Explore the rich, wet beginnings of bathhouse culture.

25-Year-Old Trans Woman Miia Love Parker Shot Dead in Philadelphia

Police have identified a suspect and are searching for him.

Transgender Woman Sues D.C. Police; Claims Harassment While Jailed With Men

She says she was asked to show her breasts and genitals, and was groped by authorities and male detainees.

Trans Woman Maddie Hofmann Killed by Police in Pennsylvania

They were experiencing a mental health crisis at the time, the same situation as a Virginia trans man who was killed by police in July.

New video from St. Louis police crash into gay bar shows aggressive officer, raises questions

The police officer threatened a bystander with arrest after handcuffing the bar’s owner for raising his voice.

Nex Benedict's family questions police statement that trauma didn't cause teen's death

Meanwhile, a police spokesman says murder charges are still a possibility.