News + Politics
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Prominent LGBTQ activist in Turkey arrested at his home in Ankara
Ali Erol, a prominent Turkish LGBTQ activist, was arrested and detained in his home in Ankara on Friday, Feb. 2, according to human rights observers....
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RNC approves resolution supporting Trump’s transgender military ban
Resolution calls being transgender "a disqualifying psychological and physical" condition
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“We Pledge Texas” campaign will highlight Texans’ opposition to anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Campaign will enlist, and publicly share names of, center-right Texans opposed to anti-LGBTQ laws or policies
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Capital Pride’s 2018 theme “Elements of Us” will focus on diversity
Year-long theme celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and intersecting identities
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Activists launch “No Gay? No Way!” campaign to influence location of Amazon HQ2.0
Campaign urges Amazon to set up second headquarters in a state with full LGBTQ protections
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Creating Change brought LGBTQ rights — and the families demanding them — to Congress
More than 500 Creating Change attendees overran the Hill to lobby for pro-LGBTQ legislation
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Forum: GLAAD on mainstream media’s LGBTQ silence
Thanks to Trump's tabloid antics, the LGBTQ community was pushed to the back burner in most mainstream media
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Werk for Peace protested the Trump administration by dancing through D.C.
Hundreds convened on Trump International Hotel to protest through the power of dance
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Robert York’s 50th birthday blowout will raise money for local charities
Robert York and Town Danceboutique are teaming up to benefit local LGBTQ organizations
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Virginia lawmakers kill hate crime bills even as anti-LGBTQ attacks increase
The Virginia General Assembly has defeated a bevy of bills that deal with bias-motivated crimes, particularly those that target LGBTQ victims, even as the number...
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Jamaica bans anti-gay U.S. pastor Steven Anderson
A controversial Arizona pastor who once celebrated the deadly mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando was been banned from yet another country as he...
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Google axes gay dating app Blued from its Indonesian store
Complaints about "pornography" from the government prompted the removal
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Lambda Legal to continue fight in case of Mississippi funeral home that refused to cremate gay man
LGBTQ legal organization files request to substitute husband's nephew as plaintiff after husband's death
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HRC endorses New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for re-election
Longtime LGBTQ ally will also speak at HRC's New York gala on Feb. 3
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Trump’s State of the Union speech omits mention of LGBTQ rights
President Trump carefully avoided any mention of the LGBTQ community as he reflected on his first year in office in his State of the Union...
