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'Emilia Pérez' star Karla Sofía Gascón faces backlash for old X posts

Karla Sofía Gascón is the first out trans woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

Moroccan court sentences activist to prison for T-shirt reading Allah 'is lesbian'

A court in Rabat found Ibtissame "Betty" Lachgar, a prominent feminist and LGBTQ+ rights activist, guilty of blasphemy.

Pope Francis to Meet With Gay, Transgender Prisoners

Inmates from a unit for gay, transgender, and HIV-positive people will be among those Francis meets with in Naples Saturday.

D.C. Dyke March Bans Rainbow Star of David Flag

The move comes two years after a controversy over the flag at the Chicago Dyke March.

Antigay Cardinal: Attend Mass in Person to Fight 'Gender Theory'

Raymond Burke says Catholics should attend in person despite COVID-19 to combat "the pervasive attack upon the integrity of human sexuality."

Carrie Underwood's Performance at Christian Event Draws Religious Right's Ire

The homophobic American Family Association lambastes organizers for hosting the LGBT-friendly singer.

Why Jan. 27 Is the Most Important Day for LGBT Indiana

Neither bill has generated enthusiasm among LGBT advocates, who will rally against them at the state capitol.

Trans Comic on Bill Maher: Grow Up and Go Away

Bill Maher is a smug know-it-all who thinks we're uncool because we don't appreciate his racist and homophobic slurs. He's also a relic.

Andrew Rannells Says a Priest 'Muscled' His Tongue into His Mouth as a Teen

The Girls star writes in a new memoir that a priest sexually abused him at a time when he was already struggling with his sexuality. 

Pope says Canadian same-sex marriage law is 'the exclusion of God'

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday criticized Catholic politicians in Canada for allowing same-sex marriage, accusing them of ignoring the values of their religion.

Vatican excommunicates anti-LGBTQ+ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

Viganò invited notoriously antigay Kentucky official Kim Davis to a meeting with the pope and has denounced the blessing of same-sex relationships.

Pope Francis: Gender Theory Doesn't 'Recognize Order of Creation'

Just one month after the pope held a historic private meeting with a transgender man and his fiancee, a new book includes antitransgender remarks from the pontiff.

Pope Shows 'Care for LGBT People' in Meeting With Rev. James Martin

Martin says Pope Francis obviously cares about LGBTQ Catholics.

'The Francis Effect': A Historic LGBT Pilgrimage to Rome

LGBT Catholics on a pilgrimage to Rome were for the first time given VIP seats near Pope Francis himself for the pontiff's weekly audience in St. Peter's Square.