Can You Believe? An Oral History Of ‘Queer Eye’
Once upon a time, there was a flailing television network in need of a Cinderella makeover. As if arriving in…
The Healing History Of Two-Spirit, A Term That Gives LGBTQ Natives A Voice
Beverly Little Thunder remembers her community’s reaction when she first came out on the Standing Rock reservation in the 1980s.…
These Are 2 Of The Men Responsible For The ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Phenomenon
Just over 10 years ago, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato recorded the first season of a reality television show that…
Can You Believe? An Oral History Of ‘Queer Eye’
Once upon a time, there was a flailing television network in need of a Cinderella makeover. As if arriving in…
This Mother Has Held The Same Touching Sign At Every NYC Pride March
“I Adore My Lesbian Daughters / Keep Them Safe.” For many New Yorkers, this sign is an instantly recognizable sight…
PFLAG Has Been A Lifesaving Resource For Families Of LGBTQ Kids For Decades
On a seemingly normal day in 1972, Jeanne Manford and her son Morty walked together in what would eventually be…
The Impossible Dream Of Jordy Rosenberg
The star of Jordy Rosenberg’s debut novel, Confessions of the Fox, might be familiar to you already. Jack Sheppard, a…
Here’s What The Pitch For ‘Queer Eye’ Looked Like In 2001
It’s hard to imagine “Queer Eye” without thinking of Tan France and Jonathan Van Ness or, if you’re a vintage…
‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Kristian Nairn Talks ‘Coming Out,’ And Possibly Coming Back To The Show
In a 2014 interview with WinterIsComing.net, a pseudonymous blogger by the name of Fire and Blood asked “Game of Thrones”…
Poet Alok Vaid-Menon: ‘I Am Part Of Something Greater Than Myself’
Poet Alok Vaid-Menon goes where few others dare to go. A gender non-conforming performance artist and writer who uses the…
Mary Wings Just Wanted An Orgasm When She Created The First Lesbian Comic Book
Mary Wings knew she desired women way before she knew the word lesbian. When she finally learned the term at…
Aidan Key On How He Creates Space For Kids To Explore Their Gender
Over 20 years ago, Aidan Key began his own exploration of his transgender identity. Today, he acts a crucial and…
Stonewall Inn Owners: ‘This Is The Gay Church. This Is Where It All Began.’
Just over 10 years ago, it looked like The Stonewall Inn was going out of business. “It had nothing really…
Model Munroe Bergdorf Is Beating The Odds As A Transgender Woman Of Color
Welcome to Yahoo Lifestyle, Pride Edition, commemorating Pride Month —June — with a collection of stories celebrating the resilience of…
Transgender Celeb Laverne Cox Talks About Her Greatest Challenge: ‘Getting Out Of My Own Way’
When Laverne Cox first burst onto the pop culture scene through her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series…
Puberty At 33: A Trans Woman’s Mid-Life Coming Of Age
Note: This article contains images of nudity. The first photograph in Jennifer Loeber’s series “Gyrle” was taken in 1987 at…
How LGBTQ People Have Fought To Reform Gun Laws In The Wake Of Pulse Massacre
On June 12, 2016, about 300 people gathered in a meeting room at the LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. They…
Surviving The Pulse Massacre Propelled This Gay Man Into Gun Reform Activism
Brandon Wolf is one of a group of survivors who made it out of Pulse nightclub alive in the early…
Gay Self-Loathing Hasn’t Gone Away. It Just Looks Nothing Like ‘Boys In The Band.’
“Show me a happy homosexual, and I’ll show you a gay corpse,” a swanning Catholic with maxed-out credit cards and…
Big Freedia: My Voice Is All I Need To Break Barriers
Big Freedia did not come to play with you hoes, as she’d say. She came to break barriers and make…
22 Incredible Photos Of LGBTQ Pride Celebrations Over The Decades
The mainstream LGBTQ rights movement in America may have achieved some remarkable gains over the last several years ― but…
GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis On Why Provincetown Is Her Idea Of Queer Utopia
“I’ve always been an activist,” Sarah Kate Ellis tells HuffPost with a reverence in her voice. “I was raised that…
Gabby Rivera On The Importance Of Being (And Creating) A Queer Latinx Superheroine
There’s a scene in the Season 1 finale of Netflix’s “One Day at a Time” that makes author Gabby Rivera…
How This Queer Activist Collective Grew Out Of The Pain Of The Pulse Massacre
When Adam Eli awoke the morning of June 12, 2016, to the news of the Pulse nightclub massacre, he didn’t…
NYC To Consider Adding Genderqueer Option To Birth Certificates
Transgender and genderqueer people born in New York City may soon be one step closer to choosing a third gender…
Miss Major On Rioting At Stonewall: ‘That Was 3 Nights Of Absolute Terror’
“I’m not really anything special,” Miss Major Griffin-Gracy says with a slight chuckle. “I’m just one of the girls.” But…
Where Are The Trans Men In Politics?
Finnigan Jones spent last spring and summer in the Texas Capitol fighting anti-transgender bathroom legislation. But the attacks on the…
The Future Is Queer | HuffPost
When you dream of an ideal world ― one that you would truly, emphatically wish to live in, what does…
This Artist Is Tackling Black, Queer Identities In An Intimate Way
For his new exhibition, artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase uses bedsheets to relay an “ever-changing and evolving” message about race, gender…