The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, announced its endorsement of Joe Biden for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 26 community leaders from across the nation, unanimously and enthusiasti

The Pulse massacre took place in the early hours of June 12, 2016. Lone gunman Omar Mateen, 29, entered the LGBTQ club on one of its regular Latin nights in the early hours of the morning and embarked on a deadly rampage. He killed 49 and left 53 others injured. He was shot dead by police at the sce...

What’s changed in the last five years for you? What are you going to do to help continue making things better in the next five years? If you’ve made an It Gets Better video in the past, send us an update! And if you didn’t, now’s a great time to show the next generation that it really does get bet

Nick Hewlett, the headmaster of St Dunstan’s College in Catford, south London, came out to his students as gay on Monday in a pre-recorded video ahead of the school’s LGBTQ+ week. Hewlett is the first headmaster of a school in the UK to come out to students in such a way.

Hewlett told the story o

David Kopay made history when he came out in 1975 as the first openly gay former NFL player, and was among the first openly gay professional athletes in general. Kopay, who now resides in Palm Springs, was a pro running back from 1964-1972 on several teams including the San Francisco 49ers and the G

Something amazing happened in Germany. Postponed from taking place last year, Euro 2020, one of the world’s biggest soccer tournaments, is taking place across stadiums on the continent in 2021. However, a row this week over rainbows and LGBTQ rights culminated in a particularly tense match between

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib came out as gay on Monday, becoming the first active player in the National Football League to do so. "Just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay," Nassib said in an Instagram video.

James Baker and Mauricio Gerson got married on April 18, 2014 in the State of New York. The witnesses included Diana Carras, Cliff and Alesia Shute and special guests Brian Hooper, Patricia and Mark Baumgardner. Judge Debra Urbano-DiSalvo presided the ceremony at the Village of Amityville in Long Is...

“We want to do something that would serve as a permanent marker or symbol of our commitment to inclusion. I wanted it to be something you can encounter every day. We want our youth in particular — perhaps those struggling to find their way, those in need of empowerment and affirmation — to proudly c

Eighteen-year-old Evan Young was supposed to be the 2015 class valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School in Longmont, Colorado. But his principal prevented him from giving his graduation speech after learning he would announce he is gay. Instead, two weeks later, Young got to give his