Oregon is adding “X” to the “M” and “F” gender boxes on its driver’s licenses, becoming the first state to recognize…

Professor Louise Richardson, an expert on international security and terrorist movements, is the first woman in Oxford…

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Here's something to get excited about: Working men are doing far more chores around the house. Well actually, there's…

Splitsider reports that the Late Show With David Letterman has hired local stand-up comic Jena Friedman, marking the…

Today from the C-SPAN vault, we have an interview that shows just how significant it is that Jill Abramson has been appo…

A new study of 1,763 heterosexual couples in which one partner had HIV and the other didn't found that patients are 96%…

Not long ago, Essence.com featured a lesbian couple in a popular, regular feature on weddings. The response surprised…

The £160 Magimix Vision Toaster, which allows a panoramic view of your toast and promises the end of burning, was 15…

Houston City Controller Annise Parker became the first openly gay mayor of Houston yesterday, winning a runoff election…

Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir, 66, who had been serving as the "caretaker Prime Minister" for the past few…