Lennie and Pearl - Lesbian vote

The HRC and LPAC are pushing to get the lesbian vote out for Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton in a last-minute drive before November 8.

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Scarlett Johansson and her band will be part of amfAR's The Time is Now AIDS benefit album that covers a number of songs from the 1980s.

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Melissa Etheridge's political views give another facet to the iconic singer-songwriter, whether she's speaking about the LGBT or the environment.

Natasha Lyonne

As an LGBT ally, actress Natasha Lyonne shot to fame in Orange is the New Black and is the latest among a number of lesbian icons who are straight.

Sally Ride

When NASA astronaut Sally Ride died at the age of 61, her obituary revealed that she was also a lesbian-- making her the first lesbian astronaut in space.

LGBT seniors - Marsha Wetzel

Lambda Legal is fighting for LGBT seniors like Marsha Wetzel, who has been facing discrimination while living at a retirement facility in Illinois.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay was a 20th-century poet who became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. She was also a bisexual.

Skirtchasers

What's the 'new normal'? It's shows like Skirtchasers about LGBT characters with everyday problems that straight characters also have.

Tegan and Sara - Faint of Heart music video

As a way of paying it forward, Tegan and Sara's music video not only links icons of the LGBT community but also features its prominent younger generation.

Marina Rice Bader

Who exactly is Marina Rice Bader? A lesbian filmmaker who created the movie Ava's Impossible Things, here are three things about her that you may not know.

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If you're in the Los Angeles area, now's the time to catch the Outfest LA 2016 LGBT Film Festival running from July 7-17 for some good movies.

lesbian blues singers - Ma Rainey

Aside from Bessie Smith, here are six more lesbian blues singers who've made an impact on American music history, including Ma Rainey and Billie Holliday.

Melissa Etheridge - Pulse

Singer/song-writer Melissa Etheridge was so affected by the senseless tragedy of the Orlando shooting that she wrote a song called 'Pulse.'

Obama's endorsement

President Barack Obama's endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton means a lot to the LGBT community.

International Day Against Homophobia

The world marks the International Day Against Homophobia this May 17 in the wake of Bangladesh LGBT magazine publisher Xulhaz Mannan's murder last month.

Edith Lake Wilkinson

Edith Lake Wilkinson led an idyllic life as a painter in Cape Cod until she was committed to an asylum, her beautiful paintings packed up in a trunk.

Prince

The year 2016 is starting to look like a terrible year for music as another icon has passed away: Prince (or Prince Rogers Nelson) at the age of 57.

The X-Names

With a monicker like the X-Names, you'd think that they should be damn good. But DJ duo of Camila Grey and Kate Moennig are more than worthy of their name.

The Birdcage

This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Birdcage, the iconic Mike Nichols remake of the 1978 French-Italian comedy film La Cage Aux Folles.

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When artist Johniene Papandreas closed a door on one part of her life, she opened a window with her art, which can be seen in a new exhibit in California.

Elizabeth Warren

Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren called on delaying Republican senators to "do their job" on selecting a nominee for the US Supreme Court.

Montreal

Montreal is turning into the place to visit this year with a full queer-positive exhilarating cultural calendar, from opera productions to drag shows.

gender surgery

If ever you were curious how male-to-female gender surgery works, the European Society of Urology details how it would happen in a video.

Lucy Spraggan

After an album release and getting engaged last year, Lucy Spraggan started 2016 on a busy note with an acoustic tour throughout the UK and Ireland.

Margaret Cho - new album

Rejoice! After 6 long years, comedian/singer-songwriter Margaret Cho will be releasing her new studio album, American Myth, this April.

Transgender couple Clair and Jim

Transgender couple Clair Farley and Jim Howley first met in 2009, got married in 2011. and are now trying to start a family in this video of My Life.

Rooney Blanchett at 2015 AFI Awards

The 2015 AFI Awards celebrated a year of movies and TV shows with a luncheon at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, California last January 8.

The Human Project experiment

If The Human Project is to believed, they wanted to know what happens when a lesbian kisses a straight guy. This is the result.

LGBT milestones flag

To celebrate Christmas Day, we thought you'd appreciate this video that shows the 13 LGBT milestones that changed the world in 2015.

LGBT violence

The ILGA has come out with a video on how people can help stop LGBT violence and discrimination, based on the OHCHR's recommendations.