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Some Good LGBT Things That Happened in 2014
The situation for LGBT people can often feel bleak. Let's give ourselves a pat on the back for a change.
FDA Announces Plans to End Lifetime Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
The government agency announced plans today to propose a new policy that would allow gay men to donate blood, but only if they have gone a year without having sex with another man.
Are Britain's Pro-Gay Foreign Policies Actually Helping the Global LGBT Community?
I talked to human rights campaigners to discuss the UK's attempts to tackle homophobia around the world.
Is Science Fiction Having a Gay Moment, at Last?
The emergence of out and open LGBT characters in sci-fi TV series suggests that yes, it is.
'Beautiful Thing' Was the Film That Made Being Gay OK
How the movie helped me come out after my time as a student in Newcastle, which I spent trying and failing to get my closeted rugby-playing sex partner to commit.
Are British Conservatives Really Pro-LGBT or Just Pinkwashing the Vote?
It's difficult to overlook the savage cuts on community services and the minimal impact they've had on homophobia in British schools and abroad.
Apple CEO Tim Cook Came Out as Gay, and It's a Big Deal
In an editorial for Bloomberg Businessweek posted this morning, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, came out as gay. He wrote, "I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me."
Lesbian Hip-Hop Hits Prime Time
SIYA is arguably the first out and proud lesbian rapper to reach a mainstream US audience. Her latest video for the song “Real MVP,” which featured the MC serenading a thick hip-hop honey, made its nationwide debut on the Oxygen network.
The Future of Our Gay Neighborhoods
We asked a sociologist about the evolution of places like London's Soho and San Francisco's Castro district, and why gay people tend to bunch together in the first place.
A Porn Director Stirred Up Controversy by Making a Movie Centered Around HIV
Paul Morris of Treasure Island Media says it's time for gay men to stop obsessing over HIV.
How Jihadists Are Blackmailing, Torturing, and Killing Gay Syrians
There have been numerous eyewitness reports and video evidence of medieval-style punishments and brutal executions being meted out by the Islamists on members of minority religious groups, secularists, and people accused of blasphemy.
'Out in the Dark' Explores the Gay Relationship Between an Israeli and a Palestinian
Michael Mayer's first feature-length movie has been dubbed the "Brokeback Mountain of Israeli film." Which isn't too inaccurate of a comparison, in that it's about two men having a romantic, sexual relationship in an environment where you might...