Nation
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Anti-LGBTQ school board member ends career on bum note
Frances Cogelja resigned after forcing 150 people to watch her use the toilet during a Zoom meeting
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Austin police officer suspended for 10 days after calling protester “gay”
Officer was previously suspended for texting an "inappropriate and disrespectful" meme to a co-worker
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Michigan funeral home must pay $130k to trans trailblazer Aimee Stephens’ estate
Aimee Stephens successfully sued her former employer for sex discrimination after being fired for transitioning on the job
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Juno, Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page comes out as trans
Page uses he/they pronouns and said he finally felt able "pursue my authentic self"
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Prisoner sues Georgia Department of Corrections for failing to fix anti-trans policies
Ashley Diamond claims Georgia Department of Corrections has failed to abide by terms of an earlier 2016 settlement
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Laverne Cox targeted in anti-trans attack in Los Angeles
Cox said the attack was a reminder that "you’re not safe if you are a trans person"
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New Jersey teachers made homophobic comments about colleague during Zoom class
Mayor of Dumont promises investigation into incident involving disparaging anti-LGBTQ comments
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Kristen Stewart says requiring gay actors for gay roles is a ‘slippery slope’
Bisexual actress said the issue was a "gray area" but actors need to care about the roles they accept
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View thousands of AIDS Memorial Quilt panels virtually in new World AIDS Day exhibit
Each state's display pulls together select panels honoring those lost to HIV to commemorate World AIDS Day
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Gay and bisexual people at greater risk for dementia, study finds
A study into cognitive impairment suggested that depression was responsible for the higher risk
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Gay people are having more sex during COVID, despite transmission risk
Almost two-thirds of men didn't think the pandemic warranted reducing their sexual activity
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Biden taps lesbian campaign advisor Karine Jean-Pierre as deputy press secretary
Jean-Pierre is part of an all-female White House communications team
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Sean Patrick Maloney, openly gay Congressman, wants to be Democrats’ elections “quarterback” in 2022
“I think we have become a country where it’s very hard for anyone to understand that there are people who don’t already agree with them,”...
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John Aravosis is driven by a desire for change — and he’s not stopping post-Trump
"Trump has got to be delegitimized and it’s going to take years," says the AMERICAblog founder
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Catholic leaders tell Biden to “repent” for LGBTQ support
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Biden's presidency presented "certain challenges"
