Sarah McBride and the way we win
"As the first and only out transgender member of Congress, Sarah will be putting herself on the line every day in a way that’s never been done before," writes HRC's Jay Brown.
November 25, 2024
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Pulse Foundation Dissolved as Florida County Scrutinizes Its Financials
The onePulse Foundation formed shortly after the shooting at the Orlando gay club, the deadliest attack on LGBTQ+ people in U.S. history. Now, the foundation's financials are being questioned by local authorities.
November 29, 2023
Kamala Harris Gives Fiery Speech About Florida Whitewashing History of Slavery
“To debate whether enslaved people benefited from slavery — are you kidding me?” she said.
July 21, 2023
U.S., U.K. Need History Lesson on Fascism
There are too many parallels to ignore between the Germany of the 1920s and many Western nations of today, writes Jack Flanagan.
July 14, 2016
Orlando Mass Shootings Are the Deadliest in U.S. History
The death toll from this morning's shootings at Pulse nightclub far surpass the killings of patrons at an Aurora movie theater in 2012.
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June 12, 2016
13 lesbians who've made U.S. political history
We offer over a baker's dozen of lesbian political pioneers.
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April 28, 2023
Maura Healey Becomes First Lesbian Governor in U.S. History
She also made history in 2014 as the first out person to be elected attorney general of a state.
November 8, 2022
An Obama-Era Ambassador Hopes to Make History in U.S. Senate
If Daniel Baer unseats Cory Gardner, he'd make history.
April 17, 2019
Remembering the Worst Mass Killing of LGBT People in U.S. History
Forty years ago, dozens of people were trapped inside a New Orleans gay bar as it burned down. Now a new book, two films, an art installation, and a musical revisit the tragedy.
June 24, 2013
Las Vegas Mass Shooting Now Worst in Modern U.S. History
The Pulse shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando last year left 49 victims dead and 58 wounded. Now the Harvest Music Festival shooting in Las Vegas is the worst mass shooting since 1949.
October 2, 2017
Who Is Laphonza Butler, California's New, History-Making U.S. Senator?
Butler, a Black lesbian, has a long record of history-making activism.
October 2, 2023
Lesbian Iranian-American Makes History in One of U.S.'s Gayest Cities
Sepi Shyne broke a huge glass ceiling.
November 13, 2020
New Film Documents Worst Mass Killing of Gay People in U.S. History
Thirty-two people were killed and Upstairs Inferno will be the first to interview a number of the survivors who have been silent all these decades.
May 31, 2014
Dr. Rachel Levine Is Now First Trans 4-Star Admiral in U.S. History
She is the first out transgender four-star officer and first female four-star admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
October 19, 2021
Book of the Year: Biography Documenting Worst Mass Killing of Gays in U.S. History
Many have still never heard about what happened that night in New Orleans in 1973 -- until now.
March 3, 2015
Trump Claims His Cabinet Has 'Highest I.Q.' in U.S. History
Our favorite moment from Thursday's pre-inauguration luncheon: when the president-elect decided he'd escorted future First Lady Melania far enough, pointed at a chair and told her to go sit in it.
January 20, 2017
Gay Lawmaker Becomes Majority Leader of Washington State Senate
Ed Murray is the second openly gay person in U.S. history to head a state senate.
November 13, 2012
Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel disappointed but defiant after first-round knockout
The first out trans boxer in U.S. history says it’s only one loss.
April 11, 2024
Wisconsin Voters Chose Trump. Will They Keep Tammy Baldwin?
The first out gay senator in U.S. history is fighting for her political life.
July 16, 2018
17 Gay Sex Scandals That Rocked American Politics
Sex, power, and homophobia have shaped the course of U.S. history. Here's a review.
February 2, 2018