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Laphonza Butler, first Black lesbian U.S. senator, steps down from office for Adam Schiff

She called on her colleagues to plant seeds of love and inclusivity.

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Crime

Black transgender Air Force veteran Vanity Williams shot to death in Houston

Williams, who had recently started nursing school, is being remembered as someone who "made a safe space for everybody."

Crime

Black trans woman Tahiry Broom killed in Michigan

Broom was fatally shot February 9 in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Southfield.

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Sir Lady Java, drag artist and activist who performed alongside the famous, has died

She appeared with celebrities such as Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and challenged a law against drag performances.

Election

Here are key LGBTQ+ races to watch on Election Day

There could be many firsts in this year's election.

Voices

On the failed X chat with Musk, Trump let slip that Harris is as beautiful as…Melania?

The conversation between the two rich, bigoted, and idiotic white men was everything you can imagine it would be, writes John Casey. Well, with a couple of surprises.

memorial candles next to a photo of RaLasia Wright Black trans Latina woman fatally shot in Minneapolis

Crime

Black Latine trans woman Ra'Lasia Wright fatally shot in Minneapolis

She was one of at least 31 trans Americans who died by violence in 2024.

Martin Luther King Jr. at March on Washington in 1963

Voices

Dr. King's wisdom can guide us through a dark time

As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life today, a president who stands for exclusion takes office. But King's wisdom can help us fight back, writes Imani Rupert-Gordon

Ken Page gay actor Cats Torch Song Trilogy died at 70

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Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Freeman started a Black History Month film series and LGBTQ-inclusive programs in the Washington, D.C., library system.

She called on her colleagues to plant seeds of love and inclusivity.

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 murder of Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman, in the first federal trial for a hate crime based on the victim’s perceived gender identity.

Daniels was a pedestrian, and the driver who hit her left the scene.

Harris expressed concern for the safety of LGBTQ+ Americans, immigrants, and others at a meeting of Black journalists.

Williams, who had recently started nursing school, is being remembered as someone who "made a safe space for everybody."

Broom was fatally shot February 9 in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Southfield.

Arkmayer Davis was stabbed the morning of Christmas Eve on his way back from a laundromat to the shelter where he and his husband had been staying since a fire displaced them December 2.

She appeared with celebrities such as Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor, and Don Rickles, and challenged a law against drag performances.

There could be many firsts in this year's election.

Omar had fled Somalia in search of a better life in the U.S. The shooting left her paralyzed.

Donald Trump has had rallies in some communities that were once "sundown towns" — where Blacks were warned to stay away after sunset.

The conversation between the two rich, bigoted, and idiotic white men was everything you can imagine it would be, writes John Casey. Well, with a couple of surprises.

She was one of at least 31 trans Americans who died by violence in 2024.

As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life today, a president who stands for exclusion takes office. But King's wisdom can help us fight back, writes Imani Rupert-Gordon

A juvenile suspect has been charged with murder. Her family believes her death was a hate crime.

There's a tradition of leaving "I Voted" stickers on her gravestone on Election Day.

There's more diversity in gender identity, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity, according to the group.

Jones, a Black gay man, is running for Congress against Mike Lawler, who wore blackface for a Michael Jackson costume in 2006.

Page once said he had never been closeted, and he encouraged others to live their truth.