LGBTQ Breaking News

MOLINE, Ill. — Illinois Democrats are hoping to send a gay person to Congress for the first time in the state’s history. Voters in the...

Josh Cavallo, who last year became the first openly gay player in men's professional football, says he dreams of representing Australia at this winter's...

Observing trends over time, acceptance of the LGBTQ+ population has improved. But levels reflect that there is more mild average support than total tolerance,...

The animal kingdom isn’t nearly as straight as you think.Perspective by Eliot Schrefer June 30, 2022 at 8:55 a.m. EDT(Ælfleda Clackson for...

While male athletes in several sports have come out of the closet in recent years, the ATP Tour seems somewhat of an anamoly. No...

Pride Month 2022: Fire Island, queer take on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, breaks out of gay LGBTQ+ rom-com trappings

The full-time whistle sounds for Pride month later on today.It was a month where the changing relationship between sport and the LGBTQ+ community...

SALISBURY — The South Rowan High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps conducted its annual awards and promotion day recently. During the close of the...

Speedwalking past meandering tourists to sit down as a regular at a quaint tapas restaurant in the gothic quarters of Barcelona, Spain, made me...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to...

1 / 3The Orem Public Library's Pride book display is shown on June 6, 2022.Harrison Epstein, Daily Herald2 / 3A selection of books...

June 29, 2022 6:30 PM Posted: June 29, 2022 6:30 PM Updated: June 29, 2022 6:55 PM RICHLAND, Wash. —...

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for the coronavirus pandemic, sought on Wednesday to discourage doubts about the antiviral drug Paxlovid...

As the future of reproductive rights in the U.S. remain uncertain, U.S. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) introduced a bill on...

Pride month is big business—if you’re a business, if you’re in government, you have to display the flags and show solidarity. It’s a politically...

An Oakland County resident is the first in Michigan to have a probable case of the monkeypox virus, state health officials said Wednesday.The virus, which...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Part of the ongoing fight for equality for the LGBTQ+ community is the right to become parents. One local dad has...

There are always plenty of things to do in the Coachella Valley. We've put together a list of events and entertainment happening this week.To...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday approved a prohibition on school instruction before sixth grade on sexual orientation or gender identity — a...

Judy Garland was an entertainer of the highest order, a deeply troubled movie star, and, even during her lifetime, a gay icon.That last one...

British distance swimmer Dan Jervis revealed that he is gay. The Olympian made the announcement shortly after competing at the World Championships in Budapest,...

I don't have kids in Florida. Or any of the other states – the list seems to be growing by the day –...

As we reach the end of June, the deeply political origins of Pride Month deservedly define our annual June commemoration. The 1969 uprising at...

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On June 28, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) announced an enhanced strategy to vaccinate at-risk people—in particular...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. –  President Joe Biden proclaimed June to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month for the...

DAYTONA BEACH — A 19-year-old Daytona Beach man is facing a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Telan Mann, also 19.Daytona Beach Police...

The Indiana Supreme Court must decide whether a lawsuit by a gay teacher against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will move forward.Lauren Chapman/IPB News A...

(RNS) — A Grand Rapids, Michigan, Christian Reformed Church congregation that was ordered to rescind the ordination of a deacon in a same-sex marriage...

If you start at Enigma, just off the corner of Central Avenue and 11th Street in Florida’s St. Petersburg — with its spotlights casting...

Former Formula 1 champion Nelson Piquet has apologized for calling Lewis Hamilton a racial slur on a podcast last year that resurfaced this year....

Pride: an alternative to stigma and shame. Why don't we ever hear the word in psychiatry? Psychiatry & SocietyH. Steven Moffic, MD, shares his...

LGBTQ+ renters comprise about one in eight of all renters and one in five of those that moved recently, according to new analyses of...

Matthew Spang-Marshall’s transformation from a self-proclaimed “hockey mom” to a spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ community in hockey helped lay the foundation for the Arizona Legacy Pride...

This Pride Month, SEIU 721 will celebrate LGBTQ colleagues. Below, read about how Katie Templeton of the Los Angeles LGBT Center advocates for patients...