Gay Rights

“The first Pride was a riot.”  This June, the LGBTQ+ community has routinely shared those six words across social media. Activists and demonstrato

Kyle and I patrolled the Quantico woods, our faces smeared with camouflage grease paint, uniforms soaked with mud. It was 2013, day three of a week-long tr

Jamia Wilson, the publisher of the Feminist Press, reflects on the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, A'Lelia Walker and The Dark Tower: a place where our radic

Sexuality is complex. And a new study just came out backing that. Published Thursday in the journal Science, it found that human sexual preferences aren’

When I told my dad I was gay over text, I waited frozenly for the ding of my phone to indicate his response. When I told my mom I was gay during a car ride

Taylor Swift's post-Reputation era has championed self-acceptance, with her first single “ME!” serving as an all-encompassing message abou

Finding a therapist who you actually trust and whose services you can afford often feels like a daunting task. Navigating the healthcare system can be unne

WRITTEN BY TAVO DAM Pride Month is here! And this year’s is a particularly special one. It’s the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Uprising, when a gay

From Midnight Raids To Same-Sex Marriage: What's Changed In The 50 Years Since Stonewall ARISA WHITE We've seen historical progress, but also a lot of setb

I began my education of LGBT history by reading Martin Duberman’s Stonewall as a high schooler, growing up in New York City in the 1990s. In these pages,

Most of us will spend one-third of our adult life at work. And, for some, this is a scary thought. While navigating the workplace comes with its share of c

On May 24, 2019, same-sex couples in Taiwan registered their unions as the country’s historic new law legally recognizing same-sex marriages went into ef

It’s 2019 and, in more than half of the states in the United States, it remains legal to discriminate against members of the LGBTQ+ community in the work

Jussie Smollett appeared on Good Morning America Thursday to, once more, clarify details surrounding the January 29 attack on him in Chicago. In the interv

I’m a queer person who grew up in a traditional Christian household, but I’m lucky enough to have never been shamed by my family for my sexuality. I kn

In the wake of the reported attack on Jussie Smollett that is now being investigated as a hate crime, stars have reached out to express their support to hi