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Former executive director of Black trans nonprofit charged with stealing nearly $100,000

Dominique Morgan, 42, was indicted on one count of second-degree grand larceny and 23 counts of first-degree falsifying business records during her time as executive director of the OKRA Project.

LGBTQ+ Seniors Can Find Luxury Digs in Palm Springs' Living Out

This new housing development aims to keep older LGBTQ+ folks out and proud. 

Paper Trail: How to Come Out

Celebrity publicist Howard Bragman has helped actors like Dick Sargent and athletes like Esera Tuaolo and John Amaechi come out of the closet. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Where's My Fifteen Minutes (available this month from Penguin Press), he talks about how the process has changed over the years.

Black and Gay Like Me

After Wanda Sykes stood up in front of a crowd of thousands and declared that she's a lesbian, she became a poster girl for black and gay America, whether she likes it or not. 

Wanda Sykes Comes Out

More than 1,000 protesters turned up in Las Vegas Saturday for the city's Join the Impact demonstration for LGBT equality, but one speaker at the Sin City rally took the crowd by surprise -- comedian Wanda Sykes, who chose the occasion to tell the crowd that she is gay. "People shouldn't have to talk about their sexual orientation," Sykes said, "but with the legislation that they passed, I can't sit by and just watch."

Prop. 8: Which Way Now?

Will the courts or the ballot box be the best way to overturn California's anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment? Legal scholar Kenji Yoshino examines both approaches.

90-Year-Old Man Comes Out as Gay While Recalling His One True Love

Colorado resident Kenneth Felts was stirred by emotion to come out while writing his autobiography in isolation. 

Kirby Dick Is Outraged!

He's tackled the MPAA and showgirls, but documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick is about to unleash his most controversial film to date: Outrage , a look at closeted, conservative politicians like Larry Craig and Charlie Crist.

Electro-Pop Artist Explores Coming Out with 'Sleeptalking'

Trevor James Tillery traverses the moody landscape of life in the closet with his latest music video.

Urban Outfitters Hawking Gays in Closet Envelopes

A collection of six "Embarrassing Prank Envelopes" being sold at Urban Outfitters retailers in California features an envelope from the "Homosexuals Living in the Closet Society of America."

Hundreds of Mormon Moms Rally Against Prop. 8 in Salt Lake City

More than 600 Mormon moms, their gay sons and daughters, and allies rallied against Proposition 8 in Salt Lake City on Sunday -- a sharp contrast to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' effort to pass the California ballot measure. The candlelight vigil was held in the city's Library Square and was organized by mothers disappointed in the church's muscular support of Prop. 8.

LGBT Teachers Forced Back Into the Closet

Thousands of LGBT educators in America live in fear every day of being fired.

Ryan O'Callaghan, Former NFL Tackle Comes Out of The Closet

Former NFL Tackle Ryan O'Callaghan Comes Out of the Closet

Before coming out, the former Patriots and Chiefs player planned to spend his life playing football or end it completely.

20 photos from the grand opening of Palm Springs' older LGBTQ+ luxury community

LGBTQ+ older adults are finding more and more communities tailor made for them. A new one has opened in Palm Springs.

70 Photos of Pure L.A. Pride Bliss

These photos showcase what Pride is really about.