Lori Lightfoot made history last week by becoming the first African-American woman and openly gay person elected as mayor of Chicago.

A new study has revealed that almost four million of LGBT people live in rural areas and are a fundamental part of these communities.

The House pushed a bipartisan vote to renew the Violence Against Women Act even as Republicans argued against provisions on gun and transgender rights.

April gets off to a great start with Mercury Direct! After being in retrograde in Pisces for most of March, it will move forward into the Spring cycle.

The nation of Brunei will be instituting harsh new laws that would condemn LGBT people to be stoned to death or whipped for same-sex relations.

A survey by PRRI showed that broad support for LGBT rights across the 50 states continues even as support from young Republicans have dropped.

A study noted that those places that hosted then-candidate Donald Trump's political rallies in 2016 saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes.

Photographer Donna Gottschalk holds the distinction of not only capturing the memorable moments of LGBTQ history, but of also being part of history with one image.

The Lesbian Herstory Archives, housed in a small brownstone in New York City, is the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians.

Fans in the LGBTQ community are in an uproar over the cancellation of the Netflix show "One Day at a Time," which told intersectional inclusive stories.

Canada, with Portugal and Sweden, have been voted as most LGBTQ-friendly countries for travel, according to the gay-oriented Spartacus Travel Guide.

A study has determined that older transgender adults attain a better quality of life after receiving gender-affirming medical treatment.

The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival is set to take place this April in New York and there's a number of LGBTQ short films showing that you can watch.

LGBT advocates are readying to push the LGBT Equality Act in Congress and this time, they got 164 leading businesses to join in for corporate support.

Erin Moore, an LGBT rights activist, is running for the Dallas City Council Place 9 this year. Here's her stand on issues.

The Williams Institute said that the adult US LGBT population might be around 11.3 million people, or around 4.5 percent of the total US population.

Looking for movies to watch from around the world? You can't go wrong with these lesbian foreign films: "Rafiki" and "How I Felt When I Saw That Girl."

Tennessee anti-LGBTQ lawmakers are set to target the LGBTQ community once again with a "slate of hate" of measures that discriminates against them.

The United Methodist Church voted recently to uphold and even strengthen its ban on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy in a controversial meeting.

March will be eventful, inspiring, unruly, and profound. Things will definitely be in flux as we begin a new 7-year cycle. March is not going to be boring!

Kodie Shane and a whole slew of performers are set to turn the 5-day Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend into the best summer in 2019 you'll ever have.

There's a new LGBT encyclopedia coming out courtesy of academic publisher Gale, which can help us learn something new about the history of our community.

A group of Japanese LGBTQ couples are taking their government to court to recognize same-sex marriage in Japan this Valentine's Day.

Disney is celebrating the first-ever official LGBT Pride event in June of this year with "Magical Pride," but you have to fly all the way to Paris, France.

New Jersey has adopted a law requiring public schools to teach LGBTQ history, becoming the second state in the US following California.

President Donald Trump's state of the union 2019 pledged to end new HIV transmissions by 2030. But we're still leery given the president's track record.

Iconic pop star Madonna is set to receive the prestigious Advocate for Change Award at the 30th GLAAD Media Awards, which is set for May 4 in New York City.

Human Rights Campaign's State Equality Index notes that most states don't have laws banning discrimination and preventing legislation curtailing gay rights.

This February, expect showdowns and clashes as people test their boundaries with their opponents with Mars in Aries and iron-handed Pluto in Capricorn.

Brazil’s election of the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has made things more ominous for the LGBTQ community, given the Brazilian leader's homophobia.

Japan's LGBT community experienced a setback with the Japanese high court upholding a law that requires transgender people to be sterilized.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" has been pulled from the GLAAD Media Awards in the wake of sexual assault and misconduct allegations against director Bryan Singer.

Another warrior of the LGBTQ community passed away with the death of marriage equality activist Diane Olson at the age of 65 due to brain cancer.

The world lost a literary light with the passing of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver. With her death, she left behind a beautiful legacy.

Domestic abuse doesn't just target straight women. LGBTQ domestic violence occurs in our relationships at similar or higher rates.

While the recent 2018 midterm elections gave us hope, conservative state legislators are doing their best to pass a slew of 2019 anti-LGBT bills.

A Japanese lesbian couple is going on a wedding world tour of LGBTQ-friendly countries to push for same-sex equality in Japan.

2019 starts with a significant Solar Eclipse in Capricorn with Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn on either side of the Sun/Moon duo.

UFC fighter Amanda Nunes took down Cris Cyborg in a superfight, proving that she could the first greatest women's MMA fighter of all time.

The LGBTQ community lost one of its staunchest advocates this year with the death of LGBTQ activist Connie Kurtz due to liver cancer.

LGBTQ advocates are hopeful that a comprehensive LGBTQ non-discrimination protection bill, the Equality Act, will soon be pushed in the new Congress.

The playwright María Irene Fornés was a Cuban-American queer woman with a 40-year career had influenced other writers even as she blazed a trail of her own.

Revelations in the investigation of the 2016 presidential election continue, the latest being that Russian trolls had targeted the LGBTQ community.

President Donald Trump’s choice for his next Attorney General is William Barr, a former Bush official who's against the LGBTQ community and women.

Actress Clea DuVall wanted to see more LGBTQ stories and characters on screen, so she decided to create her own by writing and producing LGBTQ movies.

The dream of an LGBT-friendly Asia doesn't seem near after Taiwan rejected marriage equality. Here's the lowdown on the other Asian countries.

Gathering data is hard enough when you're trying to do LGBT teen health studies and your subjects are afraid to open up without having trolls around.

Comedian Kevin Hart is among those who made celebrity apologies in 2018 after his homophobic tweets surfaced. Cue lack of sincerity and doubling down.

A recent Tumblr crackdown on adult content has managed to take away safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ community as part of collateral damage.

Ryan Murphy, one of TV's biggest producers, has had enough of anti-LGBTQ politicians and will launch a multi million dollar initiative against them.

Get ready to switch gears as December 2018 begins with a big astrological turnabout: Mercury will go Direct in Scorpio on December 6, 2018.

Jinx Beers, founder of The Lesbian News and a community activist for more than 40 years, died on October 4 at the age of 84.

Of the Netflix shows that presently feature LGBT themes and characters, the rebooted She-Ra cartoon series is one that we've now come to love.

Despite being one of the most progressive Asian countries, a Taiwan referendum voted down a proposal to make same-sex marriage part of the Civil Code.

Lesbian mom Angie Craig was elected to Minnesota's 2nd congressional district after defeating incumbent Republican Jason Lewis. This is her story.

The Welsh artist Gwen John is not as well-known as her other male contemporaries. Fortunately, John is now receiving the recognition due to her work.

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Two conversion therapy films-- The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased-- show how the gay conversion therapy treatment is hurting LGBTQ teens.

Kate Brown was re-elected to the position of Oregon governorship, reinstating her position as the first bisexual governor of the United States.

An exit poll has shown that LGBT voting was not only strong during the last elections, they supported mainly candidates for the Democratic Party.

If you started watching "The Walking Dead" but haven't been keeping track, there's a lot of new interracial and LGBT relationships after 8 seasons.

One week has passed since the recent US elections and the LGBT community has made historic gains with several LGBT midterm poll winners.

LGBT groups said that even as migrants traveling to the US face Trump's ban, the LGBT caravan among them are threatened also by discrimination.

Sharice Davids made history when she won the race for a Kansas congressional district against incumbent GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder. But who is she really?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent accident shows the importance of her standing in a Supreme Court that may soon be filled with conservative justices.

The bisexual dark vigilante Lisbeth Salander is back in the new film sequel to Stieg Larsson's Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider's Web.

It's important that the LGBT midterms vote makes its presence felt on November 6 because their lives depend on it. Here are some of the reasons why.

Here's some good news: As Jupiter goes into Sagittarius on November 8, Lady Luck will be smiling as Jupiter is Sagittarius' ruling planet.

Two of Netflix's horror shows currently feature an LGBTQ character each in "The Haunting of Hill House" and the "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."

A study noted that even with healthcare insurance coverage, lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in California are delaying health care concerns.

The first LGBT video game was made in 1989, thanks to a computer designer named CM Ralph who made "Caper in the Castro," and featured a lesbian detective.

A Trump anti-transgender memo is set to make the biggest rollback against transgender people by defining gender as a biological, unchanging condition.

Cheryl Dunye was part of the 1990's "queer new wave" of young film and and video makers, documenting both the present and the history of lesbians.

As New York City hosts WorldPride in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, Virgin Atlantic is set to stage the first Pride Flight.

As if we don't have enough to worry about the many things affecting our health, a study shows that states' religious freedom laws may also have an effect.

Moira Donegan created a secret list that helped other women identify men in the media industry who were sexual predators. Now she's paying the price for it.

The Human Rights Campaign has released their annual Municipal Equality Index detailing 78 LGBT-protected cities out there. Do you live in one of them?

A study that pools data from 35 earlier studies shows how suicidal LGBT teens are three times more likely to attempt to kill themselves.

Many of us in the LGBT community dream of having our own homes. Unfortunately, indications show that LGBT homeownership still face a lot of obstacles.

Human Rights Campaign is setting up an art auction called the Artists for Equality to raise funds for LGBT candidates running in this November's midterm.

The Trump administration has given a deadline for gay diplomats and employees of the United Nations to marry their same-sex partners or leave the country.

October opens up Pandora’s box of dark secrets and sexy mysteries with Venus, the planet of love, beauty, relationships, and money, going retrograde.

A Discovery of Witches is a new TV show making its debut in UK that will also feature a lesbian witch couple, and we're excited to watch it.

The Values Voter Summit that occurred over the weekend was a veritable who's who of the religious right, complete with the presence of Vice President Mike Pence.

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.

If you're lucky enough to be in the area, there are a couple of LGBTQ filmfests that you might want to check out in the coming weeks.

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke out against President Donald Trump and his bullying of the LGBT community. at the dinner organized by the Human Rights Campaign.

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.

Lucy and Gail of the famed Palm Springs Women Jazz Festival are celebrating their 15th Anniversary with a party in Las Vegas and everyone's invited!

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

With only a couple of months leading to the November polls, more LGBTQ women candidates are stepping up to fight for the community's rights.

Chris Williamson, Barbara Higbie, and Teresa Trull bring a mixture of new material and old favorites to the beautiful Plaza de Sol theatre in Northridge on September 30.

Ani DiFranco is spearheading a New York effort to encourage the community to go out and vote through a concert called "Babefest."

Taking six years to film, Gail Freedman's documentary "Hot to Trot" is a labor of love, detailing the inside world of same-sex ballroom dancing.

Our favorite UFC Champ Amanda Nunes is set to claim the featherweight title from current titleholder, Cris Justino, in the first women's MMA superfight.

A US federal appeals court ruled in favor of Marsha Wetzel, who sued a senior living center for not protecting her against harassment from other tenants.

September opens a doorway to progress! If your motivation and get-up-and-go got up and went, you’ll start to feel more inspired this month.

Sixteen states want the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that says workplace anti-discrimination laws cover transgender workers as well.

Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, who recently passed away, was an opponent in the fight for LGBT equality. But he later became a reluctant advocate.