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Missouri Republican candidate burns LGBTQ+ books with flamethrower and posts the video online (exclusive)

Valentina Gomez is facing growing backlash for an incendiary stunt against LGBTQ+ books. Queer rights groups are calling her out.

There She Is... America's First Out Miss America Contestant

As Pride.com reported in June, Erin O'Flaherty of Missouri is competing this weekend as the first out pageant contestant vying for the Miss America crown, 

Was America's First Female Soldier Also LGBT?

A woman in colonial Massachusetts donned men's clothing in order to escape the restrictions of her gender. Centuries later, her transgender descendant has told her story.

America's real first family

This July, the lovable yellow clan hits the big screen in The Simpsons Movie.Will Doig looks at how the cartoon has led the way for our acceptance in American culture--and taught us tolerance in the process.

Gay Ambassador Rufus Gifford: America’s First Handshake!

The highest-ranking LGBTQ+ person ever to serve in the State Department, the new U.S. Chief of Protocol is every bit the savvy diplomat.

The Pences, the First Couple of Straight America, Are Coming for Us

Why it might sting in the short term and why we'll win in the end.

Could Pamela Rocker Be America’s First QPOC President?

The candidate told an Ohio newspaper she's taking her chances.

The Story of America's First 'Transgender Sweetheart'

For this news source, it's a rare look at a transgender pioneer who also transitioned in the public eye.

First Out Boy Scout Leader Braces for Lawsuit

Former Eagle Scout Pascal Tessier, hired by a New York scouting group, has retained lawyer David Boies in case there are objections to his employment.

Sharice Davids Could Be America's First Out Native American Rep.

Davids, a mixed martial arts fighter, won the Democratic primary on Tuesday, and will compete against an anti-LGBTQ Republican incumbent.

America's first gay governor gets official portrait

Jim McGreeveey, the gay former governor of New Jersey, will have his official portrait hung at the statehouse in a private ceremony this summer.

America's first Black gay statewide elected official on being authentic and confident

Don't make yourself small, says Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell.

Jared Polis on being a dad, husband — and America's first out gay governor

The Colorado leader opens up about maintaining an idyllic home life in increasingly uncertain times.

How the era of 'men were men' birthed America's first drag superstars

In the 1910s and 1920s, drag musicals were just as popular as football on college campuses and in male-only social clubs, writes historian Andrew Erdman.

Meet The First Gay Ambassador to Vietnam

Meet America's First Gay Ambassador to Vietnam

Numbers Crunch: Marriage Equality

Though it’s the first year of marriage equality across America, the U.S. is not the first to reach this milestone.

D-Day for Defendant Donald Trump

Will we someday look back with pride on the day when America’s first indicted president becomes America's first jailed president, one final stop on his way to hell?

University of Iowa Includes LGBT Identity in Admissions Process

UI is the first public university in America to incorporate such measures in its admissions review.

Tammy Baldwin, Nation's First Out Senator, Reelected in Wisconsin

America's first, and currently only, LGBTQ senator is reelected to a second term.

No Country for Black Men

John McCain may put his country first, but has America earned that honor?

Argentina Makes History With Three-Parent Birth Certificate

Argentina becomes Latin America's first nation to recognize same-sex partners and a biological parent on a child's birth certificate.