LGBT

Transgender woman burned to death, murder investigated as a hate crime

Tona Brown makes history by becoming first transgender African-American woman to play at Carnegie Hall

‘I’m Okay’: the story of a Black, trans and HIV-positive woman

Why the Banjee Black Gurl’s Brunch is a safe space

R. Kelly’s youngest child comes out as trangender

Study: black gay men make as much as straight white men in corporate America

Report: Violence against Gender non-conforming people

LaVerne Cox makes history as first trans person to be featured on cover of TIME

Viral photo of gay dads turns into book about family

WNBA launches campaign geared toward LGBT fans

We need black gay male couples on television

Michael Sam makes history by becoming first openly gay NFL player, could impact gay couples in Missouri

On television, more transgender, gender fluid characters in focus

B. Scott loses lawsuit against BET

Jelly Belly chairman donates to reverse rights of trans students in California

Update: Trans activist Monica Jones convicted of ‘manifesting prostitution’

Division 1 basketball star Derrick Gordon comes out

Transgender student sues university over on-campus housing denial

Beyoncé graces cover of Out magazine, talks sexual freedom

Mississippi legislators pass bill making it legal to discriminate against gays

Jason Collins says one NBA player taunted him for being gay

Long-time LGBT activist Vernita Gray dead at 65

Openly gay rapper featured on David Letterman

Honeymaid follows Cheerios’ lead: releases commercial featuring diverse non-traditional families

2 women dead: community pleads for answers with canvassing, prayer vigil

Baptist organization pulls $7M in funding from children’s home over anti-gay hiring policy

Bodies of Houston couple found dead in Texas

Loyola University updates policy so gays cannot marry on campus

Arizona governor rejects anti-gay discrimination bill

Kansas bill that allows refusal of service to gay couples denied by Senate

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