LGBT
New White House guidelines leave transgender service members and vets in limbo
New policies toward transgender troops in the US Armed Forces take a hefty emotional and practical toll for soldiers and vets.
Lesbians in Senegal just want a place where they can be themselves
Looking back on the legacy of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
Rio just elected a very conservative mayor. Activists are worried about LGBT rights.
Coming out as bisexual when you're Muslim and married
One of London's oldest gay bars is pouring its last pint
The bar is over a century old, and has been part of London's gay community since about the 1920s.
Black Lives Matter protesters stop Toronto's Pride parade
Black Lives Matter demonstrators say they were protesting "anti-blackness" with a sit-in that stalled Pride Toronto.
Tuesday's developments in the Orlando shooting
New information suggests that Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Orlando nightclub shooting, was on a terrorist watch list. And also that his wife tried to talk him out of his attack — but never notified law enforcement.
'For a lot of our families, having a son or a daughter who is gay maybe was a secret until this weekend'
Advocates in Orlando hope tragedy can lead to healing of divisions, for Latinos and for the nation.
They Slay: Five Queer Rappers You Should Know
Hip-hop's persistent homophobia hasn't kept LGBTQ rappers from taking the mic. Here are five to watch out for.
Harvard welcomes NCAA's first openly transgender swimmer
Schuyler Bailar will make history when he starts his first semester this fall on Harvard's men's swimming team.
Same-sex couples in Mexico win another victory against discrimination
Two new resolutions have helped to strengthen the rights of same-sex couples in Mexico.
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide on gay marriage, remembering the case that set the precedent
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case that may decide the future of same-sex marriage nationwide. A case from 2010 helped set the legal and moral precedent to get us to this point.
The UK is planning to open its first school for gay and lesbian students
The UK is planning to open what's being called its first "gay school." There's a proposal in Manchester, England, for a school focusing on the education of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.
The secret language of Turkey's LGBT community
People on the fringes of society — criminals, discriminated-against minorities, rebellious teenagers — often need to speak in code. So they create secret languages, or argots. In Turkey, the LGBT community and others keep their words to themselves with the help of an argot called Lubunca.