This Web Series Is Helping Trans Teens Find Their Personal Definition Of Beauty
Logo’s Beautiful As I Want To Be pairs transgender and gender non-conforming teens with successful trans leaders, like Caitlyn Jenner and Geena Rocero, to explore new definitions of beauty. A...
View ArticleThe Movie That Taught A Generation Of Misfits To Let Their Freak Flags Fly
Photo illustration by Jared Harrell / BuzzFeed News; Photos: Courtesy IFC Films; Everett Collection (4) We open on a girl’s face. She stares back at us as she begins to sing — her vocal power gorgeous...
View ArticleA Trans Woman Has To Repeatedly Come Out To Her Mom With Dementia And She...
Her mom always has the same, wonderful reaction. A transgender woman says she feels "lucky" because her mom, who is suffering from dementia and must be told repeatedly that her daughter is...
View Article33 Sex Tips Real People Actually Suggest
None of which involve unrealistic flexibility, doughnuts, or twisting your hands in opposite directions. It's not always easy to find good sex advice. Paramount Pictures / Via weheartit.com First of...
View Article21 Reasons There Will Never Be Another Abby Wambach
The U.S. soccer legend announced she will retire after the national team ends its World Cup victory tour in December. Abby Wambach, the leading career scorer (male or female) in international soccer,...
View ArticleObama Administration Supports Transgender Student In Federal Appeals Court
Dominic Holden/BuzzFeed News WASHINGTON — The Obama administration filed a groundbreaking legal brief in a federal appeals court on Wednesday evening, supporting a transgender student's challenge to...
View ArticleLesbian Couple Says They Were Arrested For Kissing In Grocery Store
A California couple filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a police officer arrested them while on vacation in Hawaii for public displays of affection. Courtney Wilson, left, and Taylor Guerrero in Honolulu...
View ArticleHere's How The Mumbai Police Delivered Justice To A Gay Man Who Was Assaulted...
“It was a big victory, I think community members need to stand up to these things and there is support available.” On October 11, a member of the LGBT community in Mumbai, Divyaroop Ananda, attended...
View ArticleSally Field Calls Ads About Men In Women's Restrooms "Evil Lies"
AP Images for Human Rights Campaign / Michael Stravato HOUSTON, Texas — “It’s a lie. It’s a lie. It’s a lie. It’s a lie.”That was Sally Field on Thursday as she described an ad campaign currently...
View Article15 Haiku Every Queer Woman Can Totally Relate To
“It’s so hard to tell / if that beanie is something / or nothing at all.” Anytime you're trying to enjoy yourself, ever: thinkstock When you decide to try out online dating: Showtime When you see a...
View ArticleWhite House, Hillary Clinton Express Support For Houston LGBT Equal Rights Law
Several high-profile political leaders on Thursday expressed support for LGBT protections in Houston, Texas, that voters will soon decide whether to uphold. AP / Robert F. Bukaty The White House,...
View ArticleTransgender Woman Moved From An All-Male Prison To Women's Prison
After a protest and multiple petitions, Tara Husdon was moved to an all-female prison in South Gloucestershire. An appeal by a transgender woman to be moved from an all-male prison was granted after...
View ArticleTwo-Thirds Of People Actually Have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
The World Health Organization estimates that 3.7 billion people globally are infected with HSV-1, but that’s not just oral herpes cases. A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) says that...
View ArticleThere's No Evidence In Clinton White House Documents For Clintons' Story On...
BuzzFeed News; Getty images (2) WASHINGTON — Over the past few years, some Democrats — including the Clintons — have offered a new explanation for why they supported the Defense of Marriage Act in...
View ArticleFacebook Responds To Open Letter Criticizing 'Real Names' Policy
Facebook today announced a couple of process improvements meant to smooth the road for those unfairly removed from its service due to its 'real names' policy. The changes are designed to give people...
View ArticlePedophilia Claim Exposes Rift In The "Pro-Family" Movement
People look on during the World Congress of Families. Rick Bowmer / AP SALT LAKE CITY — When the father of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Wednesday that the “next thing [LGBT...
View ArticleWhy Trans Women Have Complicated Relationships With Halloween
Angie Wang for BuzzFeed News “You look so good as a girl,” my friend Lucy said after I borrowed one of her skin-tight black mini-dresses for Halloween. “I hate you.” I looked in her full-length mirror...
View ArticleWhen My Anti-Gay Bully Hit Me Up On A Gay Dating App
Pete Ryan for BuzzFeed News What does a gay man do when stuck in rural Oklahoma?In all my years as a lecherous homosexual, I have never, not even once, hooked up with someone in my hometown. The...
View ArticleHow To Be A Genderqueer Feminist
Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed I've never felt quite like a woman, but I've never wanted to be a man, either. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be something in between. To quote Ruby Rose: I...
View ArticleLooks Like Ruby Rose Was The Hottest Halloween Costume This Year
All of your Ruby dreams came true. People lost their shit over Ruby Rose after her appearance as Stella Carlin on Orange Is the New Black earlier this year. Netflix And it looks like fans are still...
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