The 3-day live event will embrace “African queer narratives that the world ignores.” A new pan-African virtual Pride event promises to draw on the “bustling, multi-layered, chaotically explosive reservoir of African queer narratives that the world ignores.” Pride Afrique, a Read more…
After a lifetime of discrimination, LGBTQ elders can find their age leads to another kind of bias. Society’s obsession with youth is hardly a secret. (Just ask any actress over the age of 40.) But recently released results of a Read more…
David Hart’s plea is simple following the death of his husband of 28 years: “Wear a mask!” Hart is mourning the loss of Dr. Joseph Costa, who for months had been battling covid-19 on the front lines as chief of the critical Read more…
Alex Morse became his city’s first openly gay mayor when he was elected almost a decade ago at the age of 22. Now, he’s running for Congress. Morse was elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts after beating an incumbent who was more Read more…
There is a fallacy that somehow lgbtq+ relationships are different than straight relationships. But, whether gay, straight, trans or any other combination, when two people come together to date or to get serious, they face the same highs and lows Read more…
A representative for the company says that some of the 40 upcoming movies “will include LGBTQ storylines, characters and actors.” After concern that none of the 40 films Hallmark announced as part of its 2020-2021 holiday lineup included an LGBTQ Read more…
Colorado has become the 11th US state to ban the ‘gay and trans panic’ defense. The controversial legal strategy, which is mostly used in assault or murder cases, allows people to defend themselves by claiming they were driven to violence Read more…
A record number of LGBT+ people are running for office this year in the US, but campaigners warned that queer lawmakers are still “severely underrepresented”. The LGBTQ Victory Institute, which is “dedicated to elevating openly LGBTQ leaders who can further Read more…
Over the years, there have been a lot of television shows with queer characters that have had a profound impact on me. In high school, I came out to my grandma after Santana came out to hers on Glee, and remember Read more…
Whether you’re holed up together or socially distanced, the coronavirus pandemic is likely making things a little, err, rocky. The stress of living through a pandemic is putting relationships to the test. There’s not a single one of us who isn’t Read more…