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More adults than ever — including 23% of Gen-Z — identify as LGBTQ+

About 9.3 percent of U.S. adults in 2024 said that they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than heterosexual in a new report from Gallup.

Support For Marriage Equality Has Flattened in U.S

A new Pew Research Center poll shows little movement since 2017 on the issue.

Op-ed: Do LGBTQ Marches Still Matter?

Once the ultimate display of protest, marches may already have been replaced by digital revolutions.

DeVos, Sessions Reportedly Spar Over Trans Student Guidance

Jeff Sessions has pushed to lift the guidelines, while Betsy DeVos is opposed, says a New York Times report.

Discrimination is immoral Enough said

It is time for us to seize the moral high ground and state unambiguously that antigay discrimination in any form is immoral

Attorney General: Catholic Church Guilty of Discrimination

Martha Coakley, the commonwealth's attorney general, says the Catholic diocese of Worcester, Mass., wrongfully denied a real estate sale to a gay couple.

7.2 Percent of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBTQ+: Gallup Poll

The number of people who identify as LGBTQ+ has doubled over the last decade, according to the poll.

More Americans identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before, according to new Gallup poll

The increase is being driven by younger generations, according to the new poll.

Justices Thomas and Alito and the Threat to LGBTQ+ Equality

Justices Thomas and Alito want marriage equality overturned. Even if that doesn't happen, we'll still have to fight off efforts to chip away at it.

Im out Arent I

What does it mean to be out? It's one thing to be interviewed by the local and national press as a publicly gay person. It's quite another to be face-to-face with one near stranger who makes the wrong assumptions about your life.

WATCH: Stonewall Clip Explores the Old 'Three-Item Rule'

A new Stonewall clip shows just how those old "three-article rules" were enforced on LGBT people.

LGBT Groups Seek Justice for Slain Black Teen

The letter stressed that 'all movements of equality are deeply connected.'

Misinformation and Menopause: What the LGBTQ Community Needs to Know

Watch us explain menopause myths, realities, and why it’s a queer issue.

A Gay Reporter Travels to Chechnya to Document the Horror Firsthand

ABC News foreign correspondent James Longman not only reported on the antigay terror in Chechnya, he became part of the story.

How A League of Their Own Is Changing the Game for Queer & Black Women

Stars Abbi Jacobson and Chante Adams and original player Maybelle Blair chat with The Advocate for our digital cover story about making the gayest, most inclusive League yet.

California Sen. Laphonza Butler reads Audre Lorde in protest of GOP book banning

Butler, the first Black lesbian in the U.S. Senate, read an excerpt from Sister Outsider to her colleagues Thursday to make a point about the power of breaking silence.

Ireland's 'Silent No' Voters Could Threaten Marriage Equality

New fears about potential defeat for Ireland's marriage equality ballot question are starting to emerge after months of strong polling in support of the freedom to marry.

Clinton Won't Be Silenced No Matter How Many Male Opinion Writers Dema

Hillary Clinton made her first TV appearance to promote her book and she's not backing down.