Why 16-Year-Old Transgender Teen Jane Doe Might Have Run
On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Jane Doe escaped. She was patient. She waited for months and even years for the world to do right by her. She waited for her chance to be loved, supported and to...
View ArticleGay Marriage Support Could Be Leveling Off, New Pew Research Center Poll Finds
Could national support for same-sex marriage be leveling off after years of being on the upswing? The Associated Press is reporting that a newly-released survey from the Pew Research Center found a 5...
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Stories of Our Lives is an Intimate, Masterly Portrayal of Kenya's LGBT...
(A still from the film, Stories of Our Lives). The poet Audre Lorde once said, "When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it...
View ArticleA Transgender Student Was Fined For Wearing A Skirt To School, So These Boys...
When a transgender student in Brazil was recently fined for wearing a skirt to school, a group of male classmates rose to support her in spectacular fashion — by all showing up at school wearing skirts...
View ArticleFaggots and Pot in State Washington
I Love a Faggot. I Am a Faggot. Looking to Start Anew, We Faggots Traveled to the State of Washington. Each Damaged, We Were Happy Faggots. In the State of Washington, We Happy Faggots Inhaled Pot. A...
View ArticleSupport For Gay Marriage Dips Below 50 Percent In Pew Research Center Study
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Support for gay marriage among Americans has dipped slightly below 50 percent, the Pew Research Center found in a survey released on Monday, even as bans on same-sex marriage have...
View Article29 Bonafide Smartasses Who Will Make You Shake Your Head
These people think they're sooooo funny (and they are).
View ArticleChile's La Polar Clothing Company Edits Gay Online Ad, Inspiring Pro-LGBT...
A Chilean clothing retailer has sparked controversy after trimming an online advertisement featuring same-sex couples kissing. As the BBC is reporting, Chile's la Polar appeared to suddenly replace the...
View Article'Sisters Of The Wicked Wig' Explores Drag Culture In Brooklyn, New York
In late 2013 and early 2014, HuffPost Gay Voices Associate Editor James Nichols spent six month exploring the explosion of drag culture in northern Brooklyn through a 25-part series called "Queer New...
View ArticleGay in Theory
Ever since I came out four years ago, my straight friends have been incredibly accepting of me being gay. They're fine with me talking about guys and will sometimes even offer a bit of dating advice....
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Buck Angel: Pornographer Turned Advocate
His Pervert tattoo on his back is often misread as Perfect. But that's what he has achieved in a way. Perfection. He looks the way he always dreamed to. He has also created Buck Angel Entertainment,...
View ArticleIs "Coming Out" All It's Cracked Up to Be?
I nearly shook my computer to death upon reading Noah Michelson's article on Jonathan Bennet, which advocates for the obligatory "coming out" among influential gay people. While "coming out" is radical...
View ArticlePhiladelphia's Recent Flash Mob Gay Bashing
I've come to believe that only losers travel in large packs when they go bar hopping in the city. People who need a lot of people around them whenever they go out on the town strike me as people who...
View ArticleChelsea Manning Sues Pentagon For Hormone Therapy: 'I Do Not Believe I Will...
Chelsea Manning on Tuesday sued Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the Pentagon in federal court for access to hormone therapy, warning that her mental condition is rapidly deteriorating in the face of...
View ArticleWant to Be a Children's Author? Here Are Some Tips
Most new parents prepare their nurseries with clothing and stuffed animals. But as I get ready for the birth of my son, I realize I have stockpiled his room with books. As a gay mother I've had to be...
View ArticleGay California Woman Denied Driver's License In Texas
A California woman who recently moved to Texas says she was denied a driver’s license because her new state would not recognize the last name she took in a same-sex marriage. Connie Wilson took her...
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A Ugandan Parliamentarian's First Gay Wedding
Picture: Hon. Sempala with "just married" same-sex couple | Photo: Kristina Lapinski© 2014. Imagine a Ugandan Parliamentarian, fresh from signing a petition to bring back the Anti-Homosexuality Act...
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The Joys of Being Gay Then and Today
Two books of photographs reflect a new vision of gay life, one looking forward, the other back. Both boggle the mind with what they reveal about the changing comédie humaine of gender and same-sex...
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A Spoonful of Paolo, A Feast of Dreams Come True
Patrick Thomassie, Oprah Winfrey, and Paolo Presta. Paolo Presta first captured our hearts when Oprah Winfrey, as part of her Wildest Dreams Spectacular on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004, surprised...
View Article2 Men, 1 Women Charged With Beating Gay Couple In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men and a woman were being charged in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The case gained...
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