Mayor Brandon Johnon’s office is close to hiring the city’s long-awaited LGBTQ+ affairs director. The position, which the administration first announced June 2024, has been delayed for months as the mayor’s office worked through interviews, staffing changes and candidate review. But at the Dec. 3 meeting of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Council, officials said an offer is expected to go out by the end of the week, potentially putting an end to a lengthy process to fill an important role.

The anonymous cards started arriving shortly after David Custer lost his job. The first one, addressed to his husband, featured a naked man and handwritten

From Stranger Things to Harlem, Boots, and more, here are the latest shows with LGBTQ+ characters, storylines, and fresh seasons.

This article originally appeared in the Bay Area Reporter. Madison Eker, founder and CEO of Altogether Agency, sought to refresh and rebrand her firm, which works with companies to enhance their workp...

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted December 2 to settle the second of two lawsuits against the city and county due to a now-lapsed program that sought to provide guaranteed income to some tr...

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The U.S. will not recognize World AIDS Day 2025, breaking a 35-year tradition as critics warn of erasure and deepening HIV service cuts.

Giving Tuesday is a global movement that began in 2012 with a simple idea: after the spending sprees of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there should be a day focused on giving back. Over the years, it’...

The City of St. Petersburg announced Dec. 1 that Mayor Ken Welch has appointed Nathan Bruemmer as its next LGBTQ+ liaison.

Ohio sexual violence and sex trafficking experts warn against bill eliminating emergency path to safety for LGBTQ+ youth

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The board overseeing Alabama public libraries voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from all public libraries in the state.

The Drag Arts Oral History Project aims to capture Philly drag’s untold stories, from art and activism to community.

John Parker is building a media universe that’s helping queer people find each other through storytelling, whether that be on air, online or in the historical record. Windy City Times readers may know...

School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.

A veteran FBI employee training to become a special agent was fired last month for displaying an LGBTQ+ flag.

Sarah McBride and Brian Fitzpatric reintroduced a bill that would sanction foreign officials who carry out anti-LGBTQ+ human rights abuses.

On Nov. 20, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), Equality Illinois held a press conference at the Rainbow Crosswalk on Farragut Ave. and Clark St. adjacent to Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Equality Illinois CEO Channyn Lynne Parker said she wanted to hold a visibility-focused event at the site of one of Chicago’s Rainbow crosswalks because they are a symbol of free expression that are being destroyed by anti-LGBTQ politicians in other locations across America.