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A new poll from Data for Progress shows that voters aren't on board with Republican plans to regulate women's bodies or trans teenagers' identities.
Atkins, who has broken ground as a leader of both legislative chambers, is seriously considering a run.
The women took their elopement to the summit of Vermont's third-largest mountain.
"I’ve always tried to make things better and I just walk away so proud and so happy of not only my contributions to the game but the era that I’ve played in," Rapinoe said.
Chapman is the first Black woman to win song of the year.
But Landau says she will definitely not be the last.
The parent company's CEO Jim Spanfeller said that G/O Media’s “business model and audiences” did not “align with Jezebel’s.”
Andrea Jenkins won a third term in a close race.
Luanne Peterpaul, a lesbian, won a seat in the state Assembly on Tuesday.
Cowell, a nurse, was instrumental in Rochester, N.Y.'s response to the AIDS crisis and was heavily involved in politics as well.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin has already started preparing for her third Senate race.
This Advocate of the Year knows all LGBTQ+ people deserve health and happiness.
Ralph, one of our Advocates of the Year, recently said, "nobody ever mentioned the fact that we lost a third of our original [Dreamgirls] company to AIDS."
Deciding how to handle microaggressions — and overt ignorance — is a full-time job for trans women of color.
The suspect is a former employee and the attack is not being investigated as a hate crime.
This author, and one of our Advocates of the Year, has been at the forefront of LGBTQ+ history for over 30 years.
The Oscar-winning iconopens up about growing up in Hollywood, her passion for helping others, and learning to be the best parent she can to her trans daughter.
Leaders and activists united in a compelling dialogue, paving a path of unity and understanding ahead of the HRC National Dinner.
The two women both have recently filed for divorce from their spouses.
For LGBTQ+ History Month, the author of Moby Dyke discusses why lesbian bars are so sacred — and why it's so hard to find info on them online.
