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Following the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, LGBTQ+ activists worry that the legal arguments used to undo Roe will lay the...

BERLIN — As mysterious cases of a rare and ominously named virus began surfacing in Europe, Germany’s disease control center quickly told people to be on the lookout.In a May 19 alert, the...

I could begin with the ghost. Or the famous existential question.But I’m not reviewing another run-of-the-mill adaptation of “Hamlet”; “Fat Ham,” James Ijames’s outstanding transformation of Shakespeare’s tragedy into a play...

Social worker Julio Ramirez, 25, met up with a friend on April 20 for a night out in Hell’s Kitchen, a Manhattan neighborhood near Times Square in New York known for...

Best told Armstrong that he had informed a few other Republican activist types about these incidents and was confounded by their nonchalance. “Big deal,” he said was the reaction of Egil...

INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — “The story you did is the reason our family changed and why we adopted him,” explains Steve Nichols. He and his husband, John Winn, saw WCCB’s story...

"Hacks" acknowledges Ellen DeGeneres' broad influence by having its star comic Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) open her show on a lesbian cruise by dancing awkwardly to Pharrell's "Happy." This is...

AUSTIN — The grilling of a witness by a lawyer in the state’s highest civil courtroom was polite but heavy on legal hair-splitting — and it was a judge from San...

Elder David A. Bednar of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Thursday the church supports the civil rights of LGBTQ people and is working to advance legislation that...

After 19 years worth of giveaways, games, and yes, grooving, Ellen DeGeneres ended her long-running talk show on Thursday. She began her final installment by ensuring viewers that their relationship wouldn’t...

AUSTIN — Texas had never elected an openly gay, Black legislator until this year. By November, its voters might be sending as many as three to the state House.Earlier this month,...

A couple is facing criticism for refusing to let the groom's dad bring his husband because they want the wedding to be "non-ideological."Writing for the popular Reddit forum r/AmITheA**hole, stylized AITA,...

There is a cultural obsession nowadays with civility, with the idea that if everyone is mannered enough, any impasse or difference of opinion can be bridged. But these are desperately uncivil...

Charlotte N. Sweeney will be the next federal judge in Colorado, following a Wednesday U.S. Senate vote of 48-46 to confirm her.Sweeney, a workers' rights attorney, will be the first...

It's truly fascinating how unbridled the homoeroticism of "Top Gun" is. For a movie made by mainstream Hollywood in the midst of the AIDS crisis, it's a remarkably warm depiction of...

Alex Quinto, a middle-school counselor in Pinellas, Florida, has lots of questions about what “Don’t Say Gay” means for his students. Quinto, identifies as LGBTQ, and was recently recognized as an...

Placeholder while article actions loadSenior Class President Zander Moricz was tapped with giving a commencement speech at Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., but was given a restriction not normally attached...

Frank Gay has been coaching football in some capacity for 33 years, but his latest term at Red Land High School has come to an end.Gay resigned as head football coach...

A 19-year-old former Virginia Tech football player has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges in the death of 40-year-old Jerry Paul Smith. Attorneys said Isimemen Etute matched with Smith on...

During his time at ORU, Hartzler, now 23, assiduously concealed his sexual identity from school officials in order to avoid a punishment that would jeopardize his degree. In his junior year,...

Selling amyl nitrite has been illegal in the United States since 1968, but chemicals called alkyl nitrites are still available for purchase. These chemicals produce a similar effect to amyl nitrite...

The newly minted law, which has caused an uproar across the nation and has led to a high-profile fight between DeSantis and The Walt Disney Co., is set to go into...

The Rev. Wesley Hill. Photo: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Editor’s note: The story has been edited to accurately reflect The Episcopal Church’s position on same-sex relationships.  To some, the Rev. Wesley Hill might...

Florida high school senior Zander Moricz was called into his principal’s office last week. As class president his whole high school career — and his school’s first openly LGBTQ student to...

Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Bill” has made the sunshine state ground zero in America’s culture wars. Signed into law last month by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the bill prohibits discussion...

In an unusual move, the Louisiana House voted Tuesday to revive a controversial bill that would ban public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms.The Florida-style “Don’t...

As the shock of actually seeing a Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade sunk in, reporters and many concerned people once again started asking me whether the Republican Party and the...

To the Editor:Re “The Secrets Ed Koch Carried” (front page, May 8):I read about former Mayor Ed Koch’s closeted state of mind with a mixture of anger and sadness.As a gay...

During the pandemic, a flurry of organizations mostly led by Black transgender people have all tried to deal with this issue head-on — even outside the perceived safety of these famous...

jane coastonHey, it’s Jane. A quick note before today’s episode — over the next few months, you’re going to hear some exciting changes to the show. I’ll be bringing on some...

Listen7 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleA Florida man was brutally beaten and blinded by members of his boyfriend’s family because they believed the man “made” their son gay, according to...

Listen7 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleThe last time I wrote about Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill, which prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday he will prioritize passing Texas...

This is the Education Briefing, a weekly update on the most important news in U.S. education. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Good Wednesday to you!Today, we...