Celebrity Life
Why Country Music Was (Finally) Ready to Come Out
“It was like, ‘I can be comfortable and out and gay, or I can do country music, but I definitely can’t do both,’” says one artist. Now that dichotomy appears to be falling apart
‘We’re Overjoyed.’ Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Says He and Husband Chasten Are Parents
(WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has announced that he and husband Chasten have become parents. Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet secretary confirmed by the Senate, posted the news Tuesday on his personal Twitter account. Read more: Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign “For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to…
A New Documentary Tells the Harrowing History of Conversion Therapy
It is believed that more than 700,00 people have been through religious-affiliated conversion therapy programs—which assert that an LGBTQ person’s sexuality or gender identity can be changed—since the movement to promote conversion therapy took hold in the cultural mainstream in the 1960s and 70s in the United States. And that number falls far short of…
Defining Moments of the Tokyo Olympics
Competition and kindness (and a bit of quotidian humor) amid a pandemic made for the most unforgettable games in recent memory
Canada’s Quinn Becomes First Trans Athlete to Win Gold Medal at Olympics
Canada women's soccer player also first non-binary athlete to medal at Olympics
No More Non-Apologies
The celebrity mea culpa remains a standard practice in the Great Age of Cancellation — but it's not enough. DaBaby should just give the queer community his damn money
‘Our Opponents Are Getting Desperate.’ Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David on the Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ Rights
Alphonso David has been busy. The civil rights attorney became the eighth leader of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the world’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, just six months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. Over the past two years, he’s found himself mobilizing for a presidential election, pivoting to the constraints of remote…
What Now? A Guide to What’s Happening Next at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
How to stay-up-to-date on Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, and more Team USA athletes
DaBaby Makes Things Worse in New Offensive Video
Rapper addresses homophobic comments in sexist self-directed clip as GLAAD adds to the chorus of rebukes against him
2021 Tokyo Olympics: 15 Stories to Follow During the Games
Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and Allyson Felix are obvious — but did you know Bruce Springsteen’s daughter is competing for gold, too?
Why Queerbaiting Matters More Than Ever
Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande, Madonna, and others have long been accused of manipulating labels to their advantage. But what does it mean?
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Arkansas Transgender Health Care Ban, Arguing It Causes ‘Irreparable Harm’
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that bans transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care