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Our 2024 LGBTQ+ voter guide: What to know about candidates, how to vote and more

Here are the candidates running for Congress and judicial office on November 5.

Affordable LGBTQ+ senior housing in San Francisco's Castro denied funding

The planned 187-unit complex would have overlooked the Castro.

Ayanna Pressley Denounces GOP for Trying to Gut LGBTQ+ Housing Funds

The congresswoman from Massachusetts criticized the exclusion of funding that was meant to go toward an LGBTQ+ affordable housing project, slamming the decision as a blow to LGBTQ+ senior housing rights.

Coming home

At the nation's first affordable-housing complex for LGBT seniors, created with public and private support, L.A.-area elders have a place to call their own.

AHF's Michael Weinstein Has a New Fight... Not About HIV

His nonprofit HIV organization is spending money to limit high-rise development in L.A. Some are asking why.

Why New York City Is Arguing Over How to Define 'Family'

Activists say a new amendment would restrict inheritance rights and unfairly targets the LGBT population.

Tina Kotek Sworn in as First Lesbian Governor of Oregon

"It will take all of us, doing what we can, to build the Oregon we want to live in," Kotek said in her inaugural address.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination Persists in the U.S.: Congressional Report

"The fight for equality in this country will not be over until we address all of these disparities and create true equity for the LGBTQ+ community," says U.S. Rep. David Cicilline.

Long Way From South Bend: Chasten Buttigieg on Living in Costly D.C.

Chasten says he and his husband, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, are "doing fine," but notes that living in Washington is untenable for many people.

5 key takeaways from the vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance

JD Vance is in denial about a lot of things, including about the January 6 insurrection.

Lesbian Tina Kotek Out to Make History in Oregon Governor's Race

Kotek, a longtime social justice activist, was Oregon's first lesbian House speaker, and now she's seeking to become governor.

Fighting Discrimination No Longer a Mission of Ben Carson's HUD

The Housing and Urban Development department -- headed by homophobe Ben Carson -- removed key points of its misson statement.

The Housing Crisis: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

Places like West Hollywood and Hell's Kitchen are pricing out the LGBT people they once welcomed. James Duke Mason says the insanely high cost of urban living receives scant attention from leaders and activists.

Reps. Lee, Schiff, and Porter make their appeal for California U.S. Senate seat at LGBTQ+ forum

The three appeared at a candidates' forum organied by Equality California Saturday and showed support for LGBTQ+ equality across the board.

Liliana Bakhtiari Is First Nonbinary Member of Atlanta City Council

Bakhtiari, who won a runoff election last week, is also the first queer Muslim elected to any position in Georgia.

7 takeaways from Kamala Harris’s Ellipse speech to ‘turn the page’ on Donald Trump

More than 75,000 people gathered to hear the vice president’s closing argument for an America under her leadership.

Out with the mayors

University of Toronto business professor Richard Florida wrote in his best-selling book The Rise of the Creative Class that a large gay presence helps a city's economic performance. So we asked the mayors of five cities: "Why should young gay professionals move to your city?"

This Gay Black Latino Is Challenging a Homophobe for Congress

Out candidate Ritchie Torres hopes to defeat notorious homophobe Ruben Diaz Sr. in Tuesday's New York primary.