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Op-ed: PC Culture Is Going Too Far

Allowing all voices to be heard, even ones that make us uncomfortable, enriches our world.

10 Great LGBT Summer Reads

Headed to the beach this weekend or looking for a good summer read? Here are 10 LGBT titles that will get you whipping out that bookmark in no time.

Op-ed: Let's Make Queer Studies More Accessible

One student wonders if the world of queer academia is too narrow-minded.

Op-ed: Burning Books, One Word at a Time

A new movement cracks down on 50 years of LGBT culture.

Meet George Washington University’s pioneering lesbian president Ellen Granberg

She’s going into her second year as the leader and public face of the prestigious private institution in the heart of Washington, D.C.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Is Kinky and Queer

The tale of Wonder Woman's creator, his wife, and their lover is a refreshing homage to sexual freedom. 

Why gay rights are good for China

China has more to gain from embracing gay rights than any other country in the world--for the sake of sheer practicality

Homophobe Scott Lively: Trump Was Too Pro-Gay, So God Let Him Lose

It's the latest of the anti-LGBTQ+ minister's many preposterous claims.

Chad Griffin Named President of HRC

The Los Angeles-based political consultant whose central role in the Proposition 8 lawsuit turned him into a national LGBT rights figure has been named president of the Human Rights Campaign.

Read Oprah's Unforgettable Golden Globes Speech

Accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Oprah Winfrey user her speech to honor and inspire.

Larry Kramer's Case Against 'Queer'

Longtime activist and writer Larry Kramer schools the crowd as he accepted an award from Yale's Gay and Lesbian Association.

Millennials Aren’t the Fragile Victims We’re Made Out to Be

Standing up against weaponized language is not fragility, it's bravery, writes Eliel Cruz.

Op-ed: Trans Students Surrender 'Sisterhood' at Women's Colleges

Women's colleges can have their cake and eat it too: Keep their vital 'sisterhood' and do right by trans women and trans men.

What Is Toxic Masculinity?

The term has been bandied about a lot since the #MeToo movement began, but what does it really mean and where did it come from? 

Waiting to Land

Martin Duberman takes a look back on George H.W. Bush's inaction on AIDS, Bill Clinton's gaffes on gays in the military, and the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with Waiting to Land: A (Mostly) Political Memoir.

Seeing Through the Bi Erasure That Swirls Around Cynthia Nixon

The actress and politician now seems comfortable with the b word, but so many others don't.

How 'Pose' Prevailed Against Hollywood's Transphobia and Racism

Queer screenwriter Steven Canals recounts his remarkable journey to cocreating a show with Ryan Murphy.

Why Walt Whitman, 'America's Poet,' Was a Queer Pioneer

What Is the Grass author Mark Doty and Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown discuss the gay poet's legacy.