Poet and activist Andrea Gibson shows us how poetry of love and beauty fits in between resistance and survival in the time of the Trump administration.

Raquel Pennington. is kicking, punching, and wrestling her way on the road to the UFC championship. Here's a look at this fantastic MMA fighter.

Chicago's LGBT community lost a leading light last week with the passing of Marcia Lipetz at the age of 71 due to cancer.

It's a pleasant surprise indeed that an LGBTQ magistrate, Judge Mary Rowland, has been chosen by the Trump administration. Here's the low down on her.

Called the "cleverest woman in Europe," Vernon Lee-- English essayist, novelist, and lesbian-- has been mostly forgotten. Now she's making a comeback.

Australian comic Hannah Gadsby and her show Nanette is conquering Netflix and the world. Here are a few things about her that you may not know.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir once served as Iceland's prime minister and was regarded as the world's first openly lesbian head of government.

Representing her country Finland, Saara Aalto-- who is known for her eccentric displays of fashion and being a lesbian-- competed in the Eurovision singing contest this year.

Newcomer Brianna Hildebrand is currently crushing in the movie Deadpool 2. But she's more than just a buzzcut hairstyle and a bad attitude.

From Disney Channel actor to singer-songwriter, Hayley Kiyoko is now on her way to becoming the first lesbian pop star whose fans call 'Lesbian Jesus.'

Soni Wolf, a founding member of the Dykes on Bikes of San Francisco and a legend in the lesbian community, recently passed away at the age of 69.

Actress, producer, and screenwriter, Lena Waithe has been making an impact behind TV and movie screens as she pushes for greater inclusivity in the media that we watch.

Like a story of David versus Goliath, 18-year old Erin Bailey organized a pride festival in Vice President Mike Pence's hometown. Here's Bailey's story.

One of Asia's most successful business women, Gigi Chao of Hong Kong became an unlikely advocate for LGBTQ equality in Asia when her father offered a marriage bounty.

This is a love story of English writers Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, in a time before we were able to come out of the shadows.

Despite her youth, junior high school student Sarah Chadwick continues to impress us in fighting the powers-that-be, taking on the NRA and Senator Marco Rubio.

Democrat Senator Toni Atkins of San Diego has been elected as the head of the California Senate, the first lesbian to be chosen to head this position.

Emma Gonzalez, a Cuban bi-sexual student who survived the tragedy of the Parkland school shooting, is taking a stand for greater gun control and is taking no BS from adults.

Helene van Zuylen van Zuylen came from one of the richest families on Earth. But she wanted her own life and she found it with Renee Vivien, writing, and motor racing.

Helen Grace James was kicked out of the military for being a lesbian. Now she's won back her pride after she won her lawsuit against the US Air Force.

While many in the LGBTQ community fought to gain us equal rights, Leslie Feinberg fought for the rights of all oppressed-- from blue-collar workers to those who fell through the cracks.

We can all aspire to be witty and acerbic, but there can only be one Fran Lebowitz, the considered heir to Dorothy Parker.

In the freewheelin' 1960s, singer-songwriter Lesley Gore never had to pretend she was straight despite the homophobic music industry because she knew "no one owned her."

The British-born French poet Renée Vivien's hedonistic lifestyle drove her to an early end, but not before she left her mark for her love for other women and her poetry about lesbianism.

Thanks to Ilene Chaiken, The L Word not only gave a good representation of the LGBT community on TV, it also left a lasting mark in the mainstream zeitgeist.

Susan Sontag strode on the stage of the world so large in life that she left a legacy as a literary icon that helped shape American twentieth-century thought.

The Trump administration has surprisingly nominated out lesbian Chai Feldblum for a third term as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

While the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec made Cha-U-Kao, a clown dancer who was an out lesbian, famous as a subject of his paintings, not much is known about her.

For upcoming queer comic book artist and writer Noelle Stevenson, the future looks bright thanks to a slew of awards and working with major media companies.

As a Jew and a lesbian, Charlotte Wolff managed to survive living in Nazi-ruled Germany and went on to study what it meant to be a woman loving other women.