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Russia on Wednesday vowed to defend its "traditional" values against threats from the United States and so-called "gay propaganda" in a document signed by President Vladimir Putin. The presidential decree, setting...

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Voters in Texas added to the diversity of their state Legislature...

Attend the San Francisco premiere of Focus Features’ new romantic comedy, SPOILER ALERT, based on Michael Ausiello’s memoir, ‘Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,’ a heart-warming and life affirming story of love...

Out gay Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) has lost his reelection campaign. The powerful head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is ending his time in Congress after 10 years. Maloney...

Princess Diana, September 1996 (Photo: Shutterstock) The death of Princess Diana in 1997 devastated the world. Many in the LGBTQ community felt the pain of her loss acutely. Her life and death are...

Ward 5 D.C. Council candidate Zachary Parker, who won the Democratic primary in June in a hotly contested seven-candidate race, won election to the Ward 5 Council seat on Tuesday by...

Out Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) has won his bid for reelection for a third term to represent New Hampshire’s First Congressional District. His opponent, former Trump administration official Karoline Leavitt, was declared...

In a historic first for the country, two gay candidates ran against each other in a general election for Congress. George Santos – a Trump-loving Republican who has called himself “a walking,...

On a sweltering July night in 1925, Henry Gerber—a German-born post-office worker living in Chicago—heard a pounding at his door. Several uniformed police officers shoved their way inside, confiscated his diaries...

"Shag whoever you want!" Robin Murray 09 · 11 · 2022 Brighton punx Lambrini Girls...

The attempt by trans charity Mermaids to have a gay charity struck off is 'profoundly homophobic', a tribunal has heard. Mermaids has launched legal action arguing that the LGB Alliance should be stripped...

Writer Simon Carlyle, the creator of Two Doors DownVIRGINIA Woolf once wrote; "Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large...

Voters tore down barriers across the country, with female, openly gay and black candidates scoring historic wins — and the first member of Generation Z was elected to the...

Church sermons condemning abortion or homosexual activity, or refusal to acknowledge the preferred gender of trans people, will not qualify as “hate speech” under the new legislation to be brought before...

Democrat Jim Obergefell proved he could win a same-sex marriage case in the U.S. Supreme Court but when it came to running for the Ohio Legislature in a GOP-favored district, he...

Legendary Sydney gay bar ARQ is reopening in December, just in time for Sydney WorldPride 2023. “Yep, it’s happening!,” the bar wrote in a post to social media.  Advertisement“We’ve been teasing and...

Gerald Bostock. Image: Facebook Clayton County has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought on by a man whose case was one of three that led to a U.S Supreme Court...

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Over the weekend, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford joined Dolly Parton on stage at the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony to perform the country legend’s iconic song...

By Gayety Staff Posted on November 8, 2022 The LGBTQ community gravitates to any place that’s open, laid-back, and accepting – and Key West is one such place! With a...

Editor’s note: The following story touches on suicide, read at your own discretion. It was 2013 and he was 17.“I got suicidal,” Cody Hamilton said.It was August, near his birthday. Hamilton says...

The countdown to the 2023 Gay Games XI is literally on. At a recent ceremony in Guadalajara, Mexico, officials and local celebrities gathered to start a 365-day timer and...

The WhaleBrendan Fraser seems to be getting his long-awaited Hollywood comeback with The Whale.Directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Mother!), The Whale is based on the 2012 play of the same name by...

Special interest groups had until Nov. 1 to apply to the village of Buffalo Grove to have their choice flag flown at Village Rotary Green next year, and officials said only...

Mermaids’ attempt to have a gay charity struck off are “profoundly homophobic”, a tribunal has heard. The trans children’s charity is asking for judges to strip the LGB Alliance of its charitable...

Mushrooms are gay, right? I feel like this is a widely acknowledged truth, but has been sorely lacking documented evidence, until now!  We’re getting to that time...

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Gay Dale Ferguson, 61, of Orange, Texas, passed away on November 4, 2022.Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating...

Khalid Salman, an ambassador for the Qatar World Cup, in an interview with German TV released on November 8, 2022.ZDF/TwitterAn ambassador for the soccer World Cup being held in Qatar made...

The Austin Gay Men's Chorus will kick off Central Texas' holiday season with their upcoming annual winter show. Slay Ride: An AGMC Holiday Concert will be held at First Austin, A...

A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court next month...

Out Brazilian gymnast, Arthur Nory, 29, won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The Championships took place in Liverpool, England from October 29 to...

Web designer Lorie Smith is shown in her office on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in the southwest part of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)LITTLETON | A Christian web designer who contends...

A 2022 FIFA World Cup ambassador has accused German media outlet ZDF of misrepresenting comments he made during an interview, where it portrayed him as stating that being gay was associated...

The call came out of the blue, says Leda Kosmachevskaya. An old friend she had known since childhood but lost touch with since the war started, contacted her with a surprising...