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Champions of Pride 2023: Sam Smith Adds Queer Joy to the World of Pop

The nonbinary “Unholy” singer uses their voice for more than just chart-toppers.

Baseball as a First Love on the Way to Gay Self-Love

The characters from the series A League of Their Own and recently out pitcher Solomon Bates show the power of baseball as a lifelong love.

Channel Your Thanksgiving Anxiety Into Self-Love

Don't get hung up on others' expectations when you're inevitably bombarded with questions about love, life, and career.

A Message to My Barbie-Loving Childhood Self

If only he knew what I know now.

How I Found Love — and Self-Love — Through Burlesque

Dancing changed Isaiah Esquire's life for the better.

Suburgatory's Rex Lee on Artificial Romance and Self-Love

Rex Lee gets down and dirty about sex, love, feminism, and living in Suburgatory.

Janelle Monáe Teaches Lessons of Pleasure, Creativity, and Self Love

The nonbinary musician and actor unapologetically centered queer Black femme sexuality in her 2023 album, Age of Pleasure.

How Gay Former Basketball Star DeMarco Majors Found Self-Love

As part of Pride Media's Love, Me series, Majors shares his journey in fighting depression.

Black Gay Men, We Must Treat Each Other Better

Comedian Sampson McCormick offers advice on practicing self-love and love of others.

Grief, guilt, and the journey to self-acceptance after Virginia Tech

Writer Mala Kumar reflects on the tragic Virginia Tech shooting, and how the tragedy shaped her path to love and self-acceptance.

PHOTOS: All About the Love (To Write on Her Arms)

A pair of out musicians were among the headliners for Heavy and Light, the annual flagship event of suicide and self-harm support network To Write Love on Her Arms.

How Wayne Brady found the courage to come out: 'I finally dealt with all those demons'

The Emmy-winning star of The Wiz opens up about how family support and finding self-love allowed him to come out as pansexual at 50.

How I Reclaimed Christmas

Despite the anti-LGBT hate spouted by right-wing self-proclaimed Christians, this holiday-loving guy believes the reason for the season makes room for queer people too. 

14 Sex Toys That Show Your LGBTQ+ Pride

Celebrate Pride all year long some sexy self-love, with or without a partner. Here are some of our fave Good Vibes products, which are sure to bring a smile to your face.

Seat Filler The Advocates Guide to Theater

Your man on the New York theater scene looks back at gay love and self-loathing in the '40s, '50s, and '60s before shamelessly lusting after Broadway stars Liev Schreiber, Victor Garber, and High School Musical hunk Corbin Bleu.

How Grammy-Nominated Singer Mary Lambert Found Radical Self-Kindness

"You deserve to move through life in a way that's easy for you encourage imagination because there are solutions there. We just have to find them.”

Op-ed: A Small Step for the Vatican, a Giant Leap for Gays

Here's why one Catholic LGBT group says the recent Vatican document is a small but monumental step forward for the slowly evolving church.

Explore LGBTQ+ history with these must-read banned books

From intimate memoirs to gripping novels, these reads offer a roadmap through LGBTQ+ history and self-acceptance.