These Ontario Parents Want To Support Other South Asians With Gay Kids
“That was the moment I realized, oh my god, I’m not going to lose my family.” It took a five hours of sobbing on a flight from Vancouver to Toronto for Rishi Agarwal to realize he was done with living...
View ArticleWe Asked Some People About What It's Really Like To Wear A Chest Binder
It’s a love-hate relationship. Binding is a technique used to minimize the appearance of a person’s chest. Some transgender, queer, and gender-nonconforming individuals wear binders to create a...
View ArticleTransgender Woman Uses Women’s Restroom In North Carolina Governor's Office
This is Mara Keisling. She is the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality and a transgender woman. National Center for Transgender Equality This week, Keisling is in...
View Article16 Reasons Breakups Are So Much Worse For Lesbian Couples
Better start saving for a U-Haul. You've lost your hiking buddy. Dragonimages / Getty Images Even if you've only been together two weeks, there's a high probability you live together, which...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner: GOP Needs Education On Trans Community
Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Caitlyn Jenner said Tuesday that Republican lawmakers need to be "educated" on transgender issues, including the right to use the bathroom that corresponds to a...
View ArticleComplaint Filed Against Methodist Pastor Who Married Gay Couple
Reconciling Ministries Network A formal complaint has been filed against a Methodist minister for disobeying church doctrine by marrying a same-sex couple on Saturday in Charlotte, the United...
View ArticlePeople Are Pissed This LGBT-Friendly Band's Show Got Canceled
Lebanese band Mashrou’ Leila often sings about topics including political freedom and gay rights. Lebanese rock band Mashrou' Leila is known for its socially active lyrics. But the group was banned...
View Article10 LGBTQ Stars And Advocates Share The Music That Inspires Them
From Prince to musical theater classics, the answers were as varied and fascinating as the people being honored. We went to the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles 5th annual Voice Awards red carpet on...
View ArticleRemembering The LGBT Activists Hacked To Death By Al-Qaeda In Bangladesh
Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed in Dhaka on Monday. Bangladeshi LGBT activists Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub were killed on Monday when a group of men wielding machetes barged into...
View ArticleDeepika Padukone And Ruby Rose’s On-Set Dance-Off Is The Perfect Way To Start...
All of Deepika’s Bollywood skills came in handy. instagram.com Instagram: @rubyrose And I am a little jealous of them, now that I have seen them breaking it down to Yo Yo Honey Singh's "Love Dose"....
View ArticleLGBT Youths Are Turning To Facebook To Find A Safe Place To Live
When Jeremy Bridie and his best friend Jasper were searching for a house, they didn’t think their sexuality would be an issue. Joerg Koch / Getty Images In mid-2015, the pair were perusing a Sydney...
View ArticleDems Will Urge GOP House Leaders To Hold Hearing On LGBT-Rights Bill
Rep. David Cicilline introducing the Equality Act. AP Images for Human Rights Campaign / Kevin Wolf The Equality Act was introduced with gusto last summer — a cabaret of celebrity Democratic Congress...
View ArticlePSA: Stop Killing Queer Women On Television
“Have them get their master’s degree!” At some point in her life, a queer woman will most likely lose someone very close to her. BuzzFeed View Entire List ›
View ArticleACLU Considers Legal Challenge To Anti-Transgender Restroom Law In Alabama
Via youtube.com The American Civil Liberties Union is considering a legal challenge to a city ordinance in Oxford, Alabama, that bans transgender people from using public restrooms that match their...
View ArticleNCAA Votes To Not Allow Anti-LGBT States To Host Events
Cities bidding on the league’s events must have laws in place to protect participants from discrimination. David J. Phillip / AP The NCAA board of governors announced new measures to protect...
View ArticleWe Asked Queer Women About Why They Love Women
One word. Forearms. Every queer lady probably remembers the very first time she realized she had a crush on another woman. BuzzFeed You know, the first time you felt all those confusing feelings....
View ArticleLegal Groups Urge Feds To Threaten North Carolina's School Funding
AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais The country's top LGBT legal organizations urged federal officials on Thursday to make it clear that passing anti-LGBT laws like one in North Carolina will jeopardize...
View Article20 Tumblr Posts That Will Make Any Queer Lady Say "Same"
*opens dating app* *closes dating app* When you were in that beautiful "figuring things out" period of your life and someone asked to borrow your phone: JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE. When your mom, abuela,...
View ArticleFeds Publish Records On Schools Allowed To Discriminate Against LGBT Students
Acting Education Secretary John King Jr. and President Barack Obama AP / Andrew Harnik / AP The Department of Education on Friday published thousands of pages of documents on religious schools...
View ArticleWhen Trans Selfies In Bathrooms Go Viral
Sarah McBride, James Sheffield, Brae Carnes, Michael Hughes In the wake of North Carolina’s HB2 bill, which bars transgender people from entering government-run restrooms that correspond with our...
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