The Stonewall Riots in 1969 are considered by many to be the start of the gay rights movement, but there are other protests and events in support of the LGBTQ+ community that pre-date Stonewall. For ...

A new draft report tries to tell the story of the places that shaped Raleigh's LGBTQ community through the decades, but the people putting it together say they need help filling historical gaps. The ...

Throughout American history, members of the LGBTQ+ community have fought tirelessly for rights, recognition and equality. From early struggles against criminalization of homosexuality to social stigma ...

It’s LGBT History month, and as Stonewall brings together parliamentarians, business leaders and civil society in the House of Commons for its ...

The day the United States Constitution was signed, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a young woman, Elizabeth Willing Powel, while walking along South Third Street in Philadelphia. “Well, Doctor, ...

On a special episode (first released on June 26, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Stonewall veterans helped ignite a global movement for LGBTQ+ rights. Now, over 50 years later, they’re battling a new ...

October is the 30th Annual National LGBT History Month. Rodney Wilson, a Missouri social studies teacher, founded the event in response to the exclusion of LGBT history from public education. At the ...

Ohio has about 1,750 historical markers, but until Friday, just three of them highlighted LGBTQ+ history. Friday afternoon, Stonewall Columbus unveiled its new marker celebrating the organization's 45 ...

The Republican Party and Democratic Party offer voters starkly different visions of LGBTQ rights in America. Douglas Rissing via Getty Images Following Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the 2024 ...

The National Park Service removed a Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument in New York City on Monday — the latest ...

Decked in colorful decor, sparkly drag attire, formal suits and rainbow heart-shaped pins, hundreds of LGBTQ rights activists rallied at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest hundreds of bills they ...

LANSING, Mich — This month marks 10 years since same-sex marriage became legal in the United States. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ...