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One of the most frequent quotes invoked by President Barack Obama came from the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.: “ The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Despite years of social progress for many groups…

Elton John Via Facebook (CNN) If you saw "Rocketman," you know that Elton John overcame shyness and a nasty drug problem to become one of the biggest and most enduring pop stars in the…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that his attempt to recommend a potential job candidate to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign "shouldn't be taken as an endorsement." Getty Images…

(WM) Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Council recognized October as LGBTQ+ History Month in the City of Orlando at City Hall Oct. 21. “Orlando is a city for everyone! This is one of the many ways we continue to build a community…

Pete Buttigieg Via Watermark (AP)John McAnear, a 77-year-old Air Force veteran, stood in an audience of hundreds in suburban Des Moines with an oxygen tank at his side, wheezing as he…

Derek Shaye performs on stage in CFC Arts’ production of “Bye Bye Birdie” this past summer. (Photo courtesy of Derek Shaye) (WM) Six years ago, Derek Shaye ran away from home. After…

Russell M. Nelson speaks in Orlando June 9. Photo via Nelson’s Facebook page (AP) A proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the…

Judy and Dennis Shepard. Photo via the Matthew Shepard Foundation’s Facebook page (AP) The parents of Matthew Shepard, the gay college student murdered in 1998, assailed Attorney…

(This interview was first published on the Prajnya Trust’s Peace Blog.)In February and March 2019, I was part of the inaugural class of the Mariwala Health Initiative’s Certificate Course in Queer Affirmative Counselling Practice in…

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold traces the evolution of the lesbian community in Buffalo, New York from the mid-1930s up to the early 1960s. Drawing upon the oral histories of 45 women, it is the first comprehensive history of a…