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

A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016 election. However, across the United States, progress is being made in biofuel, wind, and solar power at the grassroots. Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows and contributing w

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Long before shows like Glee and Modern Family, sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s were slowly breaking ground and bringing gay visibility to American television programming.Writer Matt Baume has been combing through sitcoms to figure out when homosexuals stopped being a scary threat and started becomin

The FDNY has released its first ever “It Gets Better” video, in support of the It Gets Better Project. The Project's mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth around the world that life gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to

The Agave Project is a way for us to honor our roots, aimed at continuing Cuervo’s longstanding commitment to the land and people of Tequila and Mexico. The latest creation to come out of The Agave Project is a drinking straw made from upcycled agave fiber. The first-of-its-kind biodegradable, bio-b

Be Yourself was born as a passion project in order to inspire young people around the world to be true to themselves. Produced by Single Step Foundation in Bulgaria (https://singlestep.bg/en/), which provides critical support to LGBTI youth and their families, with the generous pro bono collaboratio...

Nyle DiMarco, the America’s Next Top Model winner who has proven himself to be a Dancing with the Stars threat even though he has no hearing, sat down with web phenom Tyler Oakley to talk about accessibility, and flirting.Learn how to sign ‘hello’, ‘what’s your name’, ‘do you come here often’, ‘can

NYC’s LGBT Community Center, with support from Google, created Stonewall Forever, a Living Monument to 50 years of Pride.

The Creators Project travels to Kabul to meet young feminist graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani, whose work challenges preconceptions about the role of women in Afghan society, and expresses a unique perspective on life in a country recovering from decades of war. We chat with her about identifying a...