The current administration heading Turkey has announced plans to house gay prisoners in yet to be built all gay prisons. Gay rights groups in the country have expressed concerns about further marginalising LGBT+ persons in a society generally hostile to homosexuality, and where gay prisoners are usually housed in… » 4/19/14 2:51pm Yesterday 2:51pm

Naomi Campbell gave a shout out to Carmen Carrera as she spoke at the 25th GLAAD Awards in support of transgender models in the fashion industry. » 4/13/14 9:59pm 4/13/14 9:59pm

With what could have major implications on sex reassignment surgery for transgender women, four young cisgender women have been successfully implanted with vaginas made from their own cells. Follow up tests have shown that the engineered vaginas are not distinguishable from the rest of the young women's bodies. » 4/10/14 8:55pm 4/10/14 8:55pm

A far right evangelical Christian commentator has asserted that today's progress in LGBT+ rights is really all part of a "homosexual fascist movement" in order to take over America and persecute Christians because Hitler's original Nazi movement was simply a cover for a master race of gay super soldiers. » 4/08/14 10:59pm 4/08/14 10:59pm

Last night, 100 transgender Americans were honored for their contributions, advocacy, and activism at the annual Trans 100 Live Event. The Trans 100 Live Event was produced and hosted by trans advocate and artist Angelica Ross, and sponsored by Chicago House, Lambda Legal, and GLAAD. » 4/01/14 11:02pm 4/01/14 11:02pm

Starting one minute after midnight, March 29th GMT, same-sex couples in England and Wales will be able to have their unions recognised as marriages. Previously same-sex couples could only enter into a civil union which conferred the same rights as marriage but was viewed as the government marking out which unions were… » 3/29/14 1:49pm 3/29/14 1:49pm

The US based evangelical Christian charity, World Vision America, changed its employment policies on March 24th to allow Christian married same-sex couples to be employees. After only days of backlash from conservative evangelicals, the organisation reversed its decision. » 3/27/14 9:00pm 3/27/14 9:00pm

Oh goody, a mother in Scotland has been convicted of verbally and physically assaulting her son while he was coming out to his family. » 3/20/14 10:13pm 3/20/14 10:13pm

What do Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour Leader Ed Miliband actually have in common? They all think that Britain is ready for a gay or lesbian prime minister... And probably one that is bisexual and/or transgender, too! » 3/14/14 4:25pm 3/14/14 4:25pm

Former Soviet Republic Lithuania is getting in on the discrimination game with a vote in parliament on imposing fines for LGBT activities. National anti-gay "propaganda" legislation isn't just for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation anymore! Unsurprisingly, the proposed legislation doesn't differ much at all from… » 3/12/14 10:01pm 3/12/14 10:01pm

Netflix's Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox and author Janet Mock are scheduled to give a talk on the campus of New York University, according to the university Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Student Center: » 3/11/14 6:15pm 3/11/14 6:15pm

FOTC's Bret McKenzie contributed to the Muppet movie soundtrack and such, he's been going on a recent press tour. He had this to say about FOTC's future: "We're gonna try and do a movie. We just need a story." [Collider] » 11/28/11 4:40pm 11/28/11 4:40pm

Soon you won't have to settle for watching TV characters objectify ladies in a retro setting. There are plans to open a new Chicago Playboy Club, just a few blocks from where the original opened 51 years ago. In recent years clubs have opened in Las Vegas, London, and Cancun, but they're all attached to casinos or… » 8/31/11 10:49pm 8/31/11 10:49pm

According to a new study, parts of the amygdala (which handles many aspects of emotion regulation) become immediately active when someone sees an animal. Scientists say the presence of these dedicated animal-spotting areas "may reflect the importance that animals held throughout our evolutionary past." I will need to do… » 8/30/11 6:30pm 8/30/11 6:30pm

Citing a South African study showing that male circumcision reduces HIV transmission, the deputy prime minister of Zimbabwe is trying to get all the male ministers to get circumcised themselves as a promotion. As it happens, said deputy prime minister is a woman, and some of her colleagues are reluctant. One very… » 8/30/11 2:40pm 8/30/11 2:40pm

A study of low-income families published in the journal Child Development found that boys who are unusually difficult as toddlers often continue to fight with their mothers as they grow older and have a worse relationship with them as teens. Those who stayed close to their mothers through their adolescence were less… » 8/30/11 10:00am 8/30/11 10:00am