LGBTQ

Study finds LGBTQ people much likelier to be crime victims

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

The study also found that sexual and gender minorities are burglarized at twice the rate of other households, and that they're more likely to be victims of other types of property theft.

Soraya Santiago, Puerto Rico LGBTQ icon, dies at 73

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Santiago was the first openly trans person to run for office in Puerto Rico.

Rain Valdez on how she’s changing trans stories in Hollywood

By Dorothy Hastings

The actress and writer behind "Razor Tongue" isn't waiting for changes. She's making them now.

Arrest of Polish LGBTQ activist leads to scuffle with police

By Associated Press

According to Polish media reports, the activist was placed under two-months arrest Friday for protest actions against anti-homosexual attitudes. After the person was arrested in central Warsaw, protesters surrounded the police car.

LGBTQ people leaving Poland as post-vote mood grows hostile

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

As President Andrzej Duda was sworn in to his second term on Thursday, some members of Poland's LGBT community already had moved to European countries where they expect to find greater acceptance. More are making plans to do so.

USAID official fired after anti-LGBTQ social media posts

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Officials say Merritt Corrigan was fired Monday just hours after sending the torrent of tweets that also accused Democratic lawmakers of a "corrupt campaign" to oust her from her job.

In zines, LGBTQ creators find a place to tell their own stories

By Dorothy Hastings

The zine has long been a powerful tool for those whose stories and images have been buried, distorted and regulated.

At Pride march in Paris, activists demand racial justice too

By Arno Pedram, Associated Press

Marchers chanted “It’s my body, it’s my choice!” and “Everyone hates the police!” as the young, ethnically diverse crowd wound peacefully from the Pigalle neighborhood in northern Paris to Republique plaza in the east. Many of the participants wore protective…

Remembering the ’80s HIV epidemic this Pride

By PBS NewsHour

This Pride, we are remembering a community’s struggle with a different epidemic decades ago. Raised by gay parents, a man recalls how HIV AIDS was impacting people around him and how a group of men called his “aunties” helped him…

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In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride, no matter what

By Deepti Hajela, Brian Mahoney, Associated Press

With the city’s massive Pride parade canceled, Sunday's performances were virtual, the flags flew in emptier than normal spaces and the protesters were masked.