This month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Navy would rename the USNS Harvey Milk, named after the assassinated gay-rights icon, Navy Veteran, and San Francisco politician. The decision ...

Throughout American history, members of the LGBTQ+ community have fought tirelessly for rights, recognition and equality. From early struggles against criminalization of homosexuality to social stigma ...

The Republican Party and Democratic Party offer voters starkly different visions of LGBTQ rights in America. Douglas Rissing via Getty Images Following Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the 2024 ...

The day the United States Constitution was signed, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a young woman, Elizabeth Willing Powel, while walking along South Third Street in Philadelphia. “Well, Doctor, ...

On a special episode (first released on June 26, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Stonewall veterans helped ignite a global movement for LGBTQ+ rights. Now, over 50 years later, they’re battling a new ...

Ohio has about 1,750 historical markers, but until Friday, just three of them highlighted LGBTQ+ history. Friday afternoon, Stonewall Columbus unveiled its new marker celebrating the organization's 45 ...

The popular Wainscott spot, also known as Club Swamp, was a gay bar and discotheque that offered refuge for gay people to be ...

A new biography, "Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson," tells the story of the Black transgender pioneer’s fight on the frontlines of history as a leader in the early LGBTQ rights ...

A little over a year after receiving a significant grant from state lawmakers, Queer Silicon Valley is opening its first physical space to present the South Bay's LGBTQ history. A ribbon-cutting ...

WASHINGTON – Following an analysis of National Park Service web content, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) found the federal government has deleted and scrubbed more than a dozen ...

Decked in colorful decor, sparkly drag attire, formal suits and rainbow heart-shaped pins, hundreds of LGBTQ rights activists rallied at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest hundreds of bills they ...