LGBTQ

“Modern Family” star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who played Lily for nine seasons, came out as bisexual in a playful, show-inspired social media post.

Every Tuesday morning, the Pride Center at Equality Park buzzes with laughter and warm hellos.  It’s part of a weekly event called “Coffee and Conversation,” and for many LGBTQ+ seniors in Broward County, it’s more than just a social hour — it’s a sanctuary.  “Everybody is different and everybody has a story,” said Douglas Kent, who has been attending the...

“Coffee and Conversation” in Wilton Manors creates an important safe space for LGBTQ+ “active agers.” NBC6’s Cherney Amhara reports

The specialized suicide-prevention counseling service for LGBTQ youths and young adults received more than 1.3 million contacts since the program’s start in 2022, advocates said.

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders that LGBTQ+ rights organizations say are unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar said that the grant funding provisions reflected an attempt to censor constitutionally protected speech and services. Several nonprofit groups serving LGBTQ+ health care sued President Donald Trump in February. They are...

As World Pride wraps up this weekend in Washington D.C. the older LGBTQ+ generation can sometimes find a hard time fitting in among the after-parties and DJ sets.

When “The L Word” debuted on Showtime in January 2004, gays and lesbians couldn’t serve openly in the military, employees could be fired for being gay in most of the country and no state had yet begun issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

Activists are celebrating a decision by Puerto Rico’s federal district court to allow nonbinary and gender nonconforming people to update their birth certificates. The ruling comes after a group of six nonbinary people filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s governor, its health secretary and other officials. The ruling means that nonbinary and gender nonconforming people will now be able to...

There were 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents across the United States over the past year — from hate speech and bomb threats to fatal violence — with more than half of these acts targeting transgender and gender-nonconforming people, according to a new report from the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD.

A federal judge Tuesday stood behind a ruling that blocked restrictions the city of Naples tried to place on a drag show as part of an upcoming LGBTQ “Pridefest.” The group Naples Pride filed the lawsuit to challenge restrictions such as a requirement that the drag show be held inside a building with a 200-person capacity and that minors be…

Linda Clary’s son, John Umbeger, was one of two men murdered in a drug-induced robbery scheme that plagued New York City’s gay bars in 2021 and 2022.

A group of LGBTQ climbers and advocates hung a large transgender pride flag in the middle of Yosemite’s famous El Capitan rock formation on Tuesday.

Transgender women will be banned from playing on women’s soccer teams in England and Scotland, the sport’s governing body said Thursday.

Organizers said they are moving a week’s worth of events for World Pride DC away from the Kennedy Center.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to rule for parents who objected on religious grounds to books made available in a school district’s elementary schools that feature stories about gay and transgender characters.

LGBTQ Catholics and theologians said the late pontiff’s legacy teaches that change can happen when leaders are willing to listen.

Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.

Organizers are calling on allies and the community to show up more than ever because of laws and proposed legislation that would roll back LGBTQ+ rights.

It was a night of glitz, glam, and unapologetic pride as Miami Beach continues Pride Week with one of its most dazzling traditions: the Mr. and Miss Miami Beach Pride Pageant.

It was a night of glitz, glam, and unapologetic pride as Miami Beach continues Pride Week with one of its most dazzling traditions: the Mr. and Miss Miami Beach Pride Pageant. NBC6’s Jamie Guirola reports