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When the First Friend Goes

Matthew Perry’s death is a reminder of when the first in our tribes passes away, and the fragility of our friendships and mortalities.

Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley Talks Final Meeting with George Michael

The last time the two men saw each other, they faced off in a game of Scrabble.

Bullied to Death

The executive directors of the Trevor Project and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network team up to address harassment and suicide prevention in schools -- and pay tribute to Carl Hoover-Walker and Jaheem Herrera.

Death of a Showgirl

In the '90s, Jahna Steele was one of Vegas's most celebrated topless performers. Did being outed as transgender contribute to her demise?

Death in Afghanistan

A lesbian soldier's mysterious death in Afghanistan raises many questions--including why more fallen service members have not been identified as gay. William Henderson investigates.

Death of a pioneer

Eric Rofes, who died of an apparent heart attack on June 26, was an influential activist who authored several books on AIDS and gay culture and once served as director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center and the Shanti Project in San Francisco.

Death and rebirth

TBT: The Death of Judy

As the new interns start each semester we ask them, 'Do you know who Judy Garland is?'

Death Becomes Him

Director Tom Kalin returns to the Sundance Film Festival -- which in '92 embraced his first feature, Swoon -- with Savage Grace, a movie about another, very different gay killer.

A matter of life and death

For months Paula Jacquard watched her friend Mark fight AIDS and cancer, proving once again that in queer culture the family you rely on is the one you make.

Targeted by death squads

An escalating campaign of "sexual cleansing" in Iraq has led to the executions of many gays and lesbians. Some have managed to flee. Those left behind hide from public view.

Hall of love and death

Michael C. Hall, the straight actor who so perfectly embodies the gay funeral director on HBO's Six Feet Under, talks frankly about internalized homophobia, sex on-camera, and what's next for David Fisher

Separated by Death but Wed in Spirit

A year ago this month, Irish voters approved marriage equality by popular vote. Writer Charlie Bird goes beyond the headlines of that historic day in his new book, A Day in May. Read a heartbreaking, but beautiful, excerpt from John Paul Calnan below.

Seattle Celebrates the Death of DOMA

Take a look at the joyful crowds that gathered in Seattle, Wash. to celebrate the landmark Supreme Court rulings on 'Rainbow Wednesday.'