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How people talked about and named the AIDS crisis shaped how it was viewed and either fostered or countered a culture of stigma, writes historian Anthony Petro.
These are the virulent anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans behind the GOP platform.
The first trailer for Mrs. America, a miniseries about the battles over the Equal Rights Amendment, is out now.
Even though she opposed equal pay and abortion rights, thought men had the right to rape their wives, and believed "virtuous women" were immune from sexual harassment.
The founder of the Eagle Forum spent a lifetime fighting equality for LGBT people.
Endorsing Donald Trump, battling over control of the organization she created, alienating her family members -- this is how staunch homophobe Phyllis Schlafly is spending her golden years.
The FX series introduced viewers to the real-life son of the conservative activist. The Advocate separated truth from fiction.
A clip from the film also shows Reddy placating her then husband's fragile ego as she became a voice of female liberation.
Gay rights advocates are asking Washington University administrators to reconsider honoring antigay activist Phyllis Schlafly with an honorary doctorate at the school's commencement ceremony. Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, along with many students and faculty, is urging the school not to honor Schlafly at the May 16 ceremony in St. Louis.
In the final days leading up to the Iowa presidential caucus, Michelle Bachmann is touting herself as more anti-marriage equality and anti-abortion rights than her opponents.
Vicky Hartzler, a first-term Republican from southwestern Missouri, also said government licensing of same-sex marriages could lead to 'group marriage' or allowing 'an uncle to marry his niece.'
The film from Frida director Julie Taymor is based on Gloria Steinem's memoir My Life on the Road.
In a previous campaign ad, GOP Congressional hopeful Kay Daly threatened to shoot her opponent.
Rep. Tammy Baldwin marked International Women's Day by introducing legislation to speed up the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Sharron Angle of Nevada would be detrimental to gay people across the country if she wins the state's November U.S. Senate election against Majority Leader Harry Reid, gay and lesbian political leaders said.
The repeal of Houston’s anti-discrimination law hinged on familiar fear-mongering ('protect the children') and an age-old fanaticism: misogyny.
Reddy, who rose to the top of the charts in the early '70s with her feminist anthem, had other hits including 'Angie Baby.'
The extreme right media is full of praise for Donald Trump's recent reprehensible actions.
Two families missing from a new PFLAG campaign about loving your GLBT relatives are those of "family values" politicians Alan Keyes and Dick Cheney: Keyes has cut off his daughter, Maya, while Cheney supports policies that heap shame on his daughter Mary. So much for right-wing Christian love.
The ERA isn't just a thing of the past as in the series Mrs. America. It's front and center -- and queer-inclusive.
