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When Frothy Monkey co-owner Ryan Pruitt and his team consider expanding, they always themselves, "Is it frothy?" The new downtown Knoxville location, which opened this morning at 419 S. Gay St., is...

Hong Kong’s gay community suffered a fresh legal setback on Wednesday after the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal against the city’s long-held denial of same-sex marriage to those who have...

A gay former marine is being hailed as a hero for his timely intervention that averted a tragedy after an agitated man brought a grenade into a popular gay bar in...

Indonesian Ulema Council chairman says LGBT community is ‘condemned’ by all six state-recognised religions, even though homosexuality is not illegal in country Woman wrapped...

A year after the Taliban took control over Afghanistan, women’s rights have been eroded and queer people have faced threats to their safety and lives with many reporting being attacked, sexually...

Plays and Gays The Door McAllen church apologized for putting on a production of Hamilton that changed its contents to include homophobic commentary Weeks...

A police officer in Katy, Texas recently removed a copy of Mike Curato’s Flamer, a gay YA graphic novel, from a high school library shelf in the small town near Houston. And...

By way of introduction, Roger Q. Mason, a playwright and performer who uses the pronouns they/them, writes on their website: “I am a Black, Filipinx, plus-sized, gender non-conforming, queer artist of...

Along with being a talented painter, Leonardo was also a scientist, architect, sculptor, engineer, and draughtsman. One of the questions that’s been circulating about Leonardo (years after his life and death)...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Two Republican lawmakers in the running to represent Oklahoma City in the state House will be on the ballot Tuesday as they vie for the seat being vacated...

Screenshot from Facebook / @Grace Christian School - Valrico, Florida The administrator of a Florida Christian school is defending its...

When promoting a queer movie, there are certain things an actor just shouldn’t say. Harry Styles managed at least two of them in a new interview with Indiewire, sparking criticism...

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A GOP candidate for the Oklahoma state house is under fire over his resurfaced remarks justifying the murder of gay people. Scott Esk was campaigning for a different seat in 2013...

A24 has unveiled a trailer for its buzzy drama The Inspection, inspired by the personal story of director Elegance Bratton (Pier Kids), which is slated for release in theaters on November...

Former gay atheist Becket Cook is revealing new details about his remarkable testimony, showing how God can use anyone, anywhere to plant a seed that can lead others into the Kingdom...

Scenes from the Pride at Work convention, clockwise from top left: 'Conference ready' / @Jeffrey3597 via Twitter; SEIU's Lavender Caucus / @SEIULocal500 via Twitter; Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bernadette Burnham...

(CNN) — Inside President Joe Biden's tight-knit inner circle, few -- if any -- White House aides have spent more time by his side in the last three years than Stephen...

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a heartfelt thank-you letter to an out high school grad who is suing the DeSantis administration over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Zander Moricz drew media attention...

Posed by model (Photo: Shutterstock) Almost half of gay and bi men in the US say they have reduced the amount of sex they have because of the monkeypox outbreak. That’s according...

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The misguided assumption that rural America is hopelessly backward and bigoted erases centuries of same-sex relationships in rural communities. It tells young queer people that they must flee their rural hometowns...

Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra and Emily Carey as Lady Alicent. (HBO/Envato/Getty) For House of the Dragon fans who immediately picked up...

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — A soccer player judged to have used the word “gay” as an insult in a post-game interview was fined 2,000 Swiss francs ($2,070) by the Swiss Football...

Vahid Gold as Navid and Tesha as Serena Manteghi in The Other Half. (James Pardon) When British-Iranian actor Vahid Gold read the...

INDIANAPOLIS — Jon Brenes was drifting and he was depressed. It was 2014 and Brenes had moved from Puerto Rico to Indianapolis to take a job in marketing at Eli Lilly....

Singapore’s government has confirmed that it will continue to restrict LGBTQ film and media content to older audiences, despite overturning a decades-old law that banned gay sex. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien...

My first experience at a gay bathhouse took place in D.C. during my junior year in college. This would have been in 1999 or 2000. I met a handsome Black man...

before today, discrimination against gay singaporeans existed because we inherited the law from the british. today, we took the bold step of making that discrimination our own, enshrining it in our...

A new theory about Rhaenyra Targaryen’s sexuality has developed after a few scenes have shown her with another girl in House of the Dragon. So, in order to decipher this hypothesis,...

Republican Shreveport mayoral candidate Melvin Slack told The Times he is ending his campaign Monday night.The announcement comes a day after Slack used gay slurs at a mayoral forum held by...

A Republican candidate running for a seat in Oklahoma's state House once said it is "totally just" to kill gay people in comments that have resurfaced amid his campaign.Scott Esk is...

Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson called federal efforts to protect same-sex marriage "completely unnecessary," arguing that landmark protections for gay marriage—unlike abortion—would "never be overturned" by the U.S. Supreme Court.In an...

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