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On Wednesday, The Indianapolis Star reported that Mike Pence's hometown will host a pride parade for the first time this spring. The organizer of the event is Erin Bailey, a high school senior from Columbus, Indiana (just like Pence), and she plans t…

If you search "queer women young adult books" on Google, the top result is a book list compiled by Autostraddle. When I was a queer teenager, lists like these barely existed and when they did, they usually weren't in highly visible magazines and webs…

Fresh off the heels of the news that Gina Rodriguez will star in a Netflix rom-com, the actor has another exciting role in the works. Rodriguez will appear on Brooklyn Nine-Nine for an episode, and fans of the Fox sitcom will love the character she's…

Ahead of Dec. 1's World AIDS Day, President Trump released a remembrance statement honoring the lives lost, the history of AIDS in the United States, and global efforts to fight the disease. However, in the more than 600-word long proclamation, Trump…

Australia may be inching closer to legalizing same-sex marriage after 61.6 percent of Australians declared support for marriage equality in a survey targeting over 12 million people. The historic news, announced by officials in the country on Wednesd…

After the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was not one of the people celebrating. Davis gained national infamy for defying the federal court order by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex coupl…

There were plenty of reasons progressives were so overjoyed by the results in Tuesday night's elections. Dozens of Democrats — many of them political newcomers — unseated Republican incumbents in a wave of victories that surprised even those whose ho…

So many of us have our own idea over what counts as sex. Some people think it's obvious that sex includes finger or mouth play, while for others, sex means solely penetration. And when people start saying "hookup", who even knows what they really mea…

Actor and activist Kerry Washington blasted the Trump administration recently while accepting an award for making an impact on the lives of LGBTQ youth. Speaking to attendees of the 2017 GLSEN Respect Awards, Washington called out the White House's r…

October 12 is the first annual National Parents Coming Out Day. Started by the Strong Family Alliance, National Parents Coming Out Day (which is the day after National Coming Out Day) is not, as I first assumed, about parents coming out to their kids…

There are a lot of amazing ways to celebrate National Coming Out Day — an important day in the queer community. But this may be the most fun one. The folks at ONEHOPE Wine have come up with a fun, sparkly way to help you have a blast and give back to…

Wednesday is National Coming Out Day, a day when we remember the significance of coming out. Coming out is a major step, and sometimes a traumatic one, but it can be a transformative and cathartic moment for many queer folks. "Every year on National…

One of the best parts about National Coming Out Day is all of the amazing stories that emerge about how people came out — and the huge amount of love and encouragement for those who still don't feel quite ready. The day is not about forcing anyone ou…

Could you define switch-hitting? A queen's threesome? Straight girl candy? Outside of the LGBT community, these terms aren't exactly common knowledge, but bisexual slang does exist, even though you might not know it from the lack of exposure. While g…

In a move that could stand to have far reaching consequences, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era policy protecting transgender employees from workplace discrimination, according to a new report from Buzzfeed News. In reversing the …

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 served as the foundation for a landmark federal case that ruled being gay was not, in fact, a fireable offense. It may surprise some readers to learn that the groundbreaking decision in Hively v. Ivy Tech Com…

When you're part of an LGBT couple, strangers tend to go through all sorts of mental acrobatics to define your relationship. Sisters? Cousins? Best friends who enjoy holding hands across the dinner table, gazing into each other's eyes in the romantic…

It's Bisexual Visibility Day, a time to celebrate — and recognize— the bisexual community. And I have to say, as a proud bisexual in a lesbian relationship, I love my orientation. Being bisexual is amazing — I mean, you're attracted to pretty much ev…

September 23, 2017 is Bi Visibility Day, aka Bisexual Day, a holiday founded in 1999 not only to celebrate the bisexual community, but simply to bring it some attention to it. Why? Well, as a bisexual woman in a lesbian relationship myself, I can tel…

Politicians in the Philippines achieved something that remains hard to believe even in places like the United States. Every single representative of the country's lower chamber voted in favor of a Philippines-wide LGBTQ anti-discrimination law, makin…