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Queen Jen, dressed in all white, stands while holding a sign honoring O’Shae Sibley at his memorial on August 04, 2023 in New York City. The memorial was held at the gas station where he was murdered last weekend while dancing with friends.

Black Queer Communities Send O’Shae Sibley Home in Love, Resistance, and Vogue

Minnie Bruce Pratt with her arms thrown open

Remembering Minnie Bruce Pratt’s Legacy as a Radical Southern Femme

ame-sex marriage supporter Vin Testa, of Washington, DC, waves a LGBTQIA pride flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building as he makes pictures with his friend Donte Gonzalez to celebrate the anniversary of the United States v. Windsor and the Obergefell v. Hodges decisions on June 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Today marks the 8th anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that guaranteed the right to marriage for same-sex couples.

Supreme Court Sides With Anti-Gay Wedding Website Designer in Another Blow to Equality

The inscription "Equal Justice Under Law" and accompanying sculpture by Robert Aitken representing "Liberty Enthroned Guarded by Order and Authority" above the main west entrance to the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

In Today’s Heartbreak, the Supreme Court Ended Affirmative Action as We Know It

LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride delivers remarks as Co-Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney looks on during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 28, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention kicked off July 25.

Sarah McBride Seeks To Become First Trans Person in House of Representatives

Club Q and the memorial for the victims of the shooting photographed in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

Colorado Club Q Shooting Suspect Pleads Guilty to LGBTQ+ Mass Shooting

a woman wearing a MOMS FOR LIBERTY t-shirt stands over books

How a Far-Right Moms Group Is Threatening Queer Liberties in Schools

Queen Latifah walks a red carpet with Eboni Nichols, posing for the cameras.

Also.Also.Also: Queen Latifah Becomes the First Woman Rapper To Be Given Kennedy Center Honors

a woman shouting into a megaphone with a fist in the air, surrounded by broken glass and yellow arrows

Gay at Work: Queer People and the Labor Movement

‘Be the Change’ Creates Network of Care in Tennessee Prisons

Brittney Griner walks up the court at a Phoenix Mercury game.

Brittney Griner Was Accosted at an Airport, the WNBA and Phoenix Mercury Failed To Protect Her

An NYPD cop car that says HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! ALL COLORS ARE BEAUTIFUL!

NYPD Accidentally Paints ACAB on Their Pride Cop Cars

Representative Zooey Zephyr from Montana proposes to her girlfriend Erin Reed, Zephyr is in a orange and black patterned dress and Reed in in a short red dress. Both are white women with brunette hair.

Lawmaker Zooey Zephyr Proposes to Girlfriend at Queer Prom, Calls It “A Love That Feels Like Home”

stubborn man with fingers in his ear holes

New Polls Reveal Alarming Number of Americans Are Wrong About Trans People, I Wonder Why

Hayley Kiyoko in her tearful Instagram video about how she was told she couldn't have drag performers come on stage with her

Hayley Kiyoko Was Told She Couldn’t Bring Drag Queens Onstage for Nashville Performance

a pale-skinned person's arm with green painted nails and wearing a cuffed-up yellow and black plaid shirt knocks on a brown door with a yellow handle

The Yeses that Surprise You: Organizing Across the Lines of Cis and Trans

the head of David, severed in the middle so it looks like a glitch. the background is pink.

Florida Parents’ Concern Over David Statue Resembles Long History of Homophobic Obscenity Claims

Conservatives Will Try to Paint Trans People as Violent Extremists, We Cannot Let Them

A blonde woman with blue eyes is filming a TikTok while making a sad pouty face. She is framed by a ring light, against a blue wall.

The NYC TikTok Influencer to Gentrification Pipeline

Thousands of Writers Signed an Open Letter to the New York Times Over Anti-Trans Bias, and I’m One of Them

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