With the release of the documentary “All Man: The International Male Story,” a writer reflects on his formative experience with the International Male catalog during adolescence.
Candle makers offer tie-ins with whiffs of ginger, warm woods and bergamot. Sniff, sniff, sniff.
In diaries, articles and letters, he pushed for the medical community’s acceptance of men who were assigned female at birth and identified as gay.
These recent, new and upcoming books with L.G.B.T.Q. characters offer adventure stories, personal recollections, a riff on a famous novel and more.
Also, a victory for voting rights in the U.S.
Reaction to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. Also: Sexism and xenophobia in Hollywood; Target’s L.G.B.T.Q. merchandise; “The View”; migrant opportunity.
This year, there is a pall over Pride.
Netflix’s latest dating reality show hit, which wrapped up on Wednesday, broke ground by focusing exclusively on queer and nonbinary couples.
As corporate America gets dragged into the culture wars, Disney had no choice but to take on DeSantis and defend the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
Perfect in their simplicity, chorizo and egg taquitos can be whatever you want them to be, whenever you want them.
In Uganda, the president recently signed a punitive anti-gay law that calls for imprisonment and even the death penalty. The Times’s East Africa correspondent is covering the consequences.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
People of color, women and queer musicians are remaking hardcore’s longstanding image of white, male aggression — and producing some of its most interesting music.
Tropical reefs, safaris, the pyramids: L.G.B.T.Q. travel companies deliver dream vacations, even to places where being out and proud could land you in prison.
With a first novel that chronicles a love affair between two young men, 23-year-old Ani Kayode Somtochukwu asserts a commitment to “queer resistance.”
As Los Angeles prepares to commemorate the long-gone Cooper Do-nuts, accounts of a renowned 1959 uprising at one of its stores are being called into question.
More than 20 Republican-led states have passed bills regulating the lives of transgender children and adolescents since the start of 2021.
With single-party statehouse control at its highest level in decades, legislators across much of the country leaned into cultural issues and bulldozed the opposition.
The law, one of the first aimed at curbing drag performances in front of children, had been on hold for nearly two months as the legal battle went on.
The students at an elite college in China found themselves on a collision course with the authorities amid a crackdown on gay and transgender expression.
Social acceptance among young people has increased significantly in only a decade. But the mental health of L.G.B.T.Q. teens is suffering.
Lorenzo Vinti and Gregory DelliCarpini Jr. were married for only two years before they were hit with life’s difficulties, including Mr. Vinti’s cancer diagnosis and the death of his father.
Selections from the Weekend section, including a review of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
Adamantly progressive, openly gay and politically fearless, he cast a sharp eye on the country’s post-apartheid politics and culture.
After a drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada was canceled, the Defense Department said that such events were “not a suitable use” of resources, despite a long history of drag entertainment in the military.
The long-running comic strip by Alison Bechdel, the creator of “Fun Home,” first held up a mirror to its queer readership in 1983. So what does a new audio adaptation have to say to listeners today?
The Alice Austen House is celebrating the complicated and diverse sexuality of plants.
Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.
Los estudiantes de la Universidad de Texas en Austin han encontrado un refugio seguro en The Texas Wesley Foundation, un grupo metodista que tiene las puertas abiertas para todos.
Students at the University of Texas in Austin have found a safe haven at the Texas Wesley, a Methodist group whose doors are open to all.
Much of Israel’s L.G.B.T.Q. community feels threatened by the right-wing government and its judicial overhaul plan — even with a gay speaker of Parliament.
The fast-food chain, once a darling of conservatives, has joined other corporations in pursuing diversity, equity and inclusion policies, prompting some on the right to accuse it of going “woke.”
We may include your response in a June edition of the Asia Pacific Morning Briefing.
Indulge in gay nostalgia with Christina Aguilera and Junior Vasquez, see Billy Porter march, or dance the night away at Body Hack.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vilified gay people during his re-election campaign, calling them a threat to society and rallying conservatives against them. It has left people feeling threatened, and alone.
Also, a rare daytime assault on Kyiv.
Cases dropped after a successful public health campaign last summer. But the disease still has a low-level presence in the city, and many people remain at risk.
The legislation is among the most restrictive of its kind in the world and was condemned by Western leaders and the United Nations human rights body.
Even in African countries that have decriminalized homosexuality, life is not easy for gay people.
In his new essay collection, “The Male Gazed,” the writer and film critic Manuel Betancourt explores society’s portrayals of masculinity.
Despite the surgeon general’s warning about its risks for youth in general, researchers and teenagers say it can be a “lifeline” for L.G.B.T.Q. youth.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have been reinstated to this year’s festivities and will receive a Community Hero Award.
The N.A.A.C.P. urged people to consider Florida’s policies on diversity and race under Gov. Ron DeSantis when thinking of traveling there.
Gov. Ron DeSantis ushered in a six-week abortion ban and curriculum restrictions, while expanding capital punishment and concealed carry access as he prepared to run for president.
The U.S. ambassador has enthusiastically embraced his host country. But critics say he has overstepped diplomatic bounds with his advocacy on equality.
A constitutional challenge to Florida’s book-restricting frenzy.
The firings set off a debate at Houghton University, a small Christian institution in western New York, which said its decision was not based only on the pronoun listings.
Restrooms have long been porcelain crucibles for our fears and anxieties, which is why the right knows they are good sites for humiliating trans people.
Seeking help, L.G.B.T.Q. members of religious communities may end up in conversion therapy without even realizing it.
At a time when their right to exist is under attack, these young L.G.B.T.Q. adults have carved out a space of safety, intimacy and friendship for themselves.
The Florida governor is making a grab for national attention ahead of his expected presidential campaign rollout.
As a G7 summit nears in Hiroshima, Japan is under pressure to show greater support for equality. A national Shinto group has spread a more hostile message.
Héctor Tobar is a son of Los Angeles, a city of “perpetual cultural mixing.” Here, he guides readers through the books and writers that cut through the city’s layers.
Laws granting rights to people in polyamorous relationships are being recognized in more cities.
The group brings the inclusive spirit of viral dance challenges out into the fresh air with its joyfully queer “flash Bobs.”
Online, practically every famous woman is “mother,” a term with deep ties to the L.G.B.T.Q. ballroom community.
Much has changed for L.G.B.T.Q. people since Annie Proulx’s short story was published in 1997. But a new theatrical version is a reminder that homophobia is far from over.
But men who had multiple sex partners or were taking PrEP medications in the last three months would still be barred from donating blood.
Adolescent girls reported high rates of sadness, suicidal thoughts and sexual violence, as did teenagers who identified as gay or bisexual.
It has been a busy month for the Florida governor as he stokes divisive cultural issues.
They formed a community meant to support and shelter gay people who had been cast aside by society. Decades later, they are still living together, hosting pageants to help make ends meet.
An ACT UP veteran remembers the doctor’s AIDS legacy.
Readers are moved by a column by Charles Blow and offer their own experiences. Also: Santos’s lies; Covid in China; digital payments; ableist language.
State Representative Joe Harding, a sponsor of the law that critics have called “Don’t Say Gay,” is accused of illegally obtaining or trying to obtain more than $150,000 in loans.
The agency may put in place a personalized risk assessment to replace the current prohibition on men who have had sex with men in the previous three months.
Readers add to Frank Bruni’s list of possible candidates. Also: A gay marriage bill; funding Covid vaccines.
Plus Iranian players protest at the World Cup and “Neighbours” will start filming again.
Readers respond to a column by Pamela Paul. Also: Pandemic preparedness; regulating media; the need for unions.
With war raging in Ukraine, and the coronavirus still circulating, many in Europe say they have bigger worries than monkeypox. Some organizations, however, have raised concerns about stigma.