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Coming out at work can lead to discrimination: Williams Institute

Companies need to do better at stopping anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination — which the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the think tank notes.

LGBTQ+ Parents Consider Leaving Florida Due to 'Don't Say Gay' Law: Study

The Williams Institute found that more than half the parents surveyed were thinking of leaving the state.

Here Media CEO Says Chick-fil-A Is a Nuisance Unworthy of UCLA

News that the fast food chain plans to expand to the University of California, Los Angeles has the CEO of Here Media worried for his alma mater's reputation.

Diversity on Screen Equals Bigger Box Office

An annual study by the University of California, Los Angeles, found films whose casts more reflect the diverse racial makeup of U.S. and global populations perform better at the box office.

Love Stories Ron Buckmire and Dean Elzinga

Back in 1991 the Internet was only for geeks and grad students. Ron Buckmire, who was studying applied mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, was both. When Buckmire visited Los Angeles that year, his welcoming committee included Dean Elzinga, who was studying mathematical logic at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Study: Same-Sex Couples Migrating to the Heartland

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report Monday documenting what it called "a gay demographic explosion" in some of the country's reddest of regions. Using recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the analyses show that the number of same-sex couples in the United States has quadrupled since 1990, growing at a rate 21 times that of the population. But increases have been the most dramatic in the Midwest, Mountain, and Southern states.

L.A. Man Gets 12-Year Sentence in Trans Woman's Death

Ezekiel Jamal Dear had been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing Yasmin Vash Payne to death.

The Researcher Who Helped Prove Gay People Weren't Insane

Evelyn Hooker's research changed queer life.

Op-ed: Porn and Condoms and Prop. 8

How California's marriage equality case can (and should) sink L.A.'s 'condoms in porn' law.

'Not My President': Protesters Rail Against Donald Trump's Upset Victory

Protesters set fire to effigies of the newly elected Commander in Chief during nationwide demonstrations Wednesday morning.

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The relationship miracle worker

Betty Berzon touched the lives of countless gay men and lesbians as she sought to improve their mental health

Debunked: Talking to Gays Might Not Change Voters' Minds

A new report discredits a much-hailed study that speaking with gay people can sway opinions on same-sex marriage.