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Just as the emerging gay rights movement started gathering momentum in the United States in the 1960s, a Finnish illustrator captured the community's newfound self-confidence in his works: Touko Laaksonen's pornographic drawings of…

There have been many legitimate complaints aimed at ITV’s brash yet brilliant blockbuster Love Island – too much lighting, too few people of colour – but one that has always seemed a bit, well, muggy is the idea that the UK’s most excessive…

For his new book “Black and Queer on Campus,” American studies professor Michael Jeffries interviewed 65 Black LGBTQ college students across the U.S. – 40 from historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, and 25 from…

Whether it’s anxiety, depression or PTSD, mental health is an ongoing battle for many people. And everyone has a unique experience with it—for example, depression for one person could result in a loss of appetite, while for another person,…

Pick of the weekCity on FireFrom the creators of Gossip Girl and The OC, this take on Garth Risk Hallberg’s novel of murder, obsession and betrayal transports the story from 70s New York to 2003 – a year with jittery unease due to 9/11.…

Geeta Rao Gupta, the Biden administration’s nominee for the State Department’s Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, has made numerous statements in the past regarding LGBT issues and abortion. The Senate is expected to hold a…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the first “openly queer” person to hold the position, celebrated “Lesbian Visibility Week” on Tuesday during a press briefing.  Jean-Pierre celebrated with the the cast of “The L Word:…

With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions under consideration in other states, a report released Monday says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most likely targets of bans…

From the very first episode of “The Owl House,” its central message has been clear: Embrace your inner weirdo. “Us weirdos have to stick together,” protagonist Luz Noceda says in the series premiere, rallying a group of oddball strangers…

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice in medical settings. This can range from microaggressions, such as comments that a patient doesn’t “look” queer or trans, to…