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Karine Jean-Pierre at a White House press briefing last October

Politics

Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party, becomes independent

That's one of the revelations in the former White House press secretary's latest book, due out in October.

Human Rights Campaign Stages Die-In in front of the Department of Health and Human Services to Protest Trump Health Care Cuts

News

Activists hold 'die-in' at HHS to protest Trump health care cuts: in photos

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore

News

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, California AG Rob Bonta receive awards from Victory Fund

The two were recognized as allies to the LGBTQ+ community.

Crime

Black trans woman Tahiry Broom killed in Michigan

Broom was fatally shot February 9 in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Southfield.

memorial candles next to a photo of RaLasia Wright Black trans Latina woman fatally shot in Minneapolis

Crime

Black Latine trans woman Ra'Lasia Wright fatally shot in Minneapolis

She was one of at least 31 trans Americans who died by violence in 2024.

Martin Luther King Jr. at March on Washington in 1963

Voices

Dr. King's wisdom can guide us through a dark time

As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life today, a president who stands for exclusion takes office. But King's wisdom can help us fight back, writes Imani Rupert-Gordon

Politics

Laphonza Butler, first Black lesbian U.S. senator, steps down from office for Adam Schiff

She called on her colleagues to plant seeds of love and inclusivity.

Sir Lady Java 1970 Promotional photographs

News

Sir Lady Java, drag artist and activist who performed alongside the famous, has died

She appeared with celebrities such as Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and challenged a law against drag performances.

Election

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That's one of the revelations in the former White House press secretary's latest book, due out in October.

A stand-up comedian first, she has clawed her way back, and now just past 70, she takes her life in stride.

At the die-in, while a narrator slowly read through a list of devastating health outcomes that HHS funding cuts will have on the LGBTQ+ community.

The two were recognized as allies to the LGBTQ+ community.

Performances by JT, Voice winner Asher HaVon, and more are scheduled, along with drag, dancing, and networking opportunities.

Police are investigating her death as a homicide.

A suspect has been arrested and charged with murder.

Booker’s charge to Democrats: Stand firm, articulate a clear vision, oppose policies that threaten our nation, and wake up, writes John Casey.

Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Broom was fatally shot February 9 in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Southfield.

She was one of at least 31 trans Americans who died by violence in 2024.

As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life today, a president who stands for exclusion takes office. But King's wisdom can help us fight back, writes Imani Rupert-Gordon

Freeman started a Black History Month film series and LGBTQ-inclusive programs in the Washington, D.C., library system.

Arkmayer Davis was stabbed the morning of Christmas Eve on his way back from a laundromat to the shelter where he and his husband had been staying since a fire displaced them December 2.

A juvenile suspect has been charged with murder. Her family believes her death was a hate crime.

She called on her colleagues to plant seeds of love and inclusivity.

She appeared with celebrities such as Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and challenged a law against drag performances.

There's a tradition of leaving "I Voted" stickers on her gravestone on Election Day.

There could be many firsts in this year's election.

There's more diversity in gender identity, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity, according to the group.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, in the first federal trial for a hate crime based on the victim’s perceived gender identity.