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Man Harasses 9-Year-Old at Field Day Event, Falsely Insists She’s Transgender

He expected to receive certification that the elementary school girl was assigned female at birth.

Running Toward HIV Can Save Your Life

Taking meds can be easy. Learning how to breathe is the tricky part. 

Iran Behind 'Vote Trump or Else' Email, U.S. Officials Say

The threatening email claimed to be from the Proud Boys, a white supremacist group.

Gawker's Nick Denton: Hulk Hogan Sought to Conceal Racism

The gay media entrepreneur says that when Hogan sued over the posting of a sex tape, the wrestler was really more concerned that a tape of him using racial slurs would go public.

Jury Awards $11 Million in Damages for Phelps Protest at Funeral

Members of Fred Phelps's fundamentalist Kansas church, ordered to pay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father, smiled as they walked out of the courtroom, vowing that the verdict would not deter them from protesting at military funerals. Members promised to picket future funerals with placards bearing such slogans as ''Thank God for dead soldiers'' and ''God hates fags.'' The group believes that U.S. deaths in the Iraq war are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.

California Ban on Ex-Gay Therapy Temporarily Blocked

U.S. District Court Judge William Shubb ruled for the First Amendment rights of "reparative" therapy practitioners and questioned evidence that the practice harms young people.

Jeffrey Epstein Likened Pedophilia to Being Gay

The admitted pedophile made the comment in an apparent attempt to excuse his own proclivities.

Abigail Shrier's Antitrans Manifesto Gives Lesbians a Bad Name

Writer Abigail Shrier pits lesbians against trans and nonbinary folks in her dangerous book, Irreversible Damage, but there are ways to combat that. 

South Africa Gets Its First Openly Gay Parliamentarian

Zakhele Mbhele becomes the first openly gay person to serve in South Africa's parliament, and the 203rd openly gay parliamentarian in history.

Grindr, Tinder, Scruff: A Recipe for Loneliness

When used excessively, are hookup apps worse for your health than fast food?

Olympic Medal-Winning Boxer Irma Testa Comes Out

Fear of judgment in her sport kept the bronze medal-winning Italian athlete from sharing her truth publicly -- until now.

Could Hulk Hogan Verdict Mean the End of Gawker?

The $115 million verdict in an invasion-of-privacy suit may jeopardize gay entrepreneur Nick Denton's company, but Denton plans to appeal.

Grindr Users Warned After Men Were Drugged, Robbed During Hookups

The victims were overcome by something they ingested and woke up to missing valuables.

Boris Johnson Resigns Amid MP's Same-Sex Sexual Abuse Scandal

Departing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves behind a mostly negative LGBTQ+ rights record.

What the Mormon Church Is Doing to Its Queer Youth

The Church of Latter-Day Saints insists on making it harder for LGBT people to be part of their institution, and the long term effects of that still aren't clear, writes David Bond of The Trevor Project.

Trans woman fired by Liberty University opens up about 'awful' discrimination

Ellenor Zinski is opening up about what went down when she was fired from Liberty University, with school officials accusing her of "denying biological and chromosomal sex assigned at birth."

WATCH: Pat Robertson Say He's Not Antigay

The televangelist claims that his Christian news program 700 Club has thousands of gay fans that are seeking to convert to heterosexuality.