We got chills and teary eyes in the first session when leaders from the southern based LGBTQ advocacy organizations we invited told us simply that we didn’t have to leave the south. I can’t remember ever having heard anyone tell me that so plainly before.

For queer women of color, intersectionality isn’t just a “concept” or a “framework” for theorists to use for mind exercise — it’s a lived experience.

In turn, the “matriarch of the gay-rights movement” released a statement recognizing the gay community. Recognition all around!

Former NFL punter and same-sex marriage advocate Chris Kluwe says he was fired for supporting marriage equality.

Like, hopefully someone will come out or something.

Being a survivor has taught me that resiliency is in the marrow of my bones and with it I can imagine a better world.

Illinois becomes the fifteenth state to approve marriage equality after a surprise vote in the state legislature.

Here are some things you need to know from a report that details the inhumane treatment faced by LGBTQ people currently detained in the U.S. and the fight to resist these massive injustices.

This week, Cohen asserts “people with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman…” who “used to be a lesbian.” WOW!

Ever wanted to see someone who’s been in the state penitentiary system call bullshit on the politicians messing with said system? Yeah. That happened.

Brush up on this year’s biggest news so you can impress that cute girl at your New Year’s Eve party.

What just happened with ENDA, and what do you need to know to make sense of it? Everything you’ve ever needed to know about ENDA right up to the minute is right here!

“I think the biggest thing for me is the plug-in to this amazing trans* and queer community that’s out there that’s been doing this work that’s, I think, at a point where it’s really ready to take the lead from people who live in many multiplicities.”

This week on Glee, everyone we love (including Brittany!) came back to Lima to sing, dance, eat at the Cracker Barrel (offscreen), cry and kiss each other!

“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.

Grassroots leftist organizing is happening all over the U.S. right now, across generations, race, gender, sexuality and class.

Why can’t every social justice organization be more like these guys?

Women in the U.S. who have experienced domestic violence are more likely to have chronic health conditions. Healthcare professionals are still failing to adequately recognise and treat harm caused by domestic abuse.

What if we’re all wrong about Kanye West? What if we’ll never understand him. What if he and I share a soul.

Here’s why.