It’s wonderful to be alive during this time. But it’s worth remembering what it was like before, how it still is in much of the world.
Kendall Werts is a new kind of representative for a new kind of celebrity. Often he plucks clients when they’re young and on the verge of something bigger. Then he finds what that is.
The Islamic authorities want to imprison her for wearing female clothing at a religious event and threatened to put her in a rehabilitation camp where she could “return to the right path.”
The virtual walkout planned for Wednesday is the latest example of how the internal backlash over the comedian’s new special has roiled the streaming service.
Readers pay tribute to Mr. Powell but also criticize aspects of his record. Also: Sexism harms everyone.
With public schools on the defensive, is this a blip or a ‘once-in-100-year moment for the growth of Christian education’?
Admiral Rachel Levine is the first female four-star admiral in the history of the he U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which she already leads in her role as assistant secretary.
Some U.S. conservatives are taking a cue from Prime Minister Viktor Orban — how to use the power of the state to win the culture wars.
The comedian needs to just move on.
In Netflix’s “The Closer,” he returns to views about transgender people that drew anger in his last special. With his popularity partly built on courting outrage, it’s no surprise he’s doubling down.
In a town-hall-style meeting on Friday, Ted Sarandos, a co-chief executive of Netflix, faced criticism from staff over Mr. Chappelle’s “The Closer.”
The comedian Dave Chappelle’s comments on transgender people and gender in “The Closer” have led to outside criticism and internal unrest at the company that upended Hollywood.
Don Huffines, who is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott in next year’s Republican primary, said the content on the state web page was “offensive.” It was quickly removed.
The man, Daniel Jenkins, was part of a group that used the app Grindr to lure gay men to an apartment complex in Dallas to rob and assault them, prosecutors said.
The move, meant to free staff to restore order at the notorious jail system, raises questions about the detainees’ access to their lawyers and families.
The trilogy of “The Damned,” “Death in Venice” and “Ludwig” is whole again, in editions that freshly reveal their conflicted queerness.
His slur-filled comments are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the culture of the N.F.L.
In the E.E.O.C. filing, the actor, who is nonbinary, describes being retaliated against after requesting a gender-neutral dressing room, among other claims. The show denies the allegations.
If the comedian expects us to take a joke, he should be able to take criticism.
“At the very least, I feel vindicated,” the employee, Terra Field, wrote on Twitter.
As the league is trying to send a signal about inclusion and diversity, hate-filled correspondence between football power brokers reveals entrenched values.
In emails detailed by The New York Times, Raiders Coach Jon Gruden casually used misogynistic and homophobic language to disparage people.
Netflix said in a statement that the transgender employee, Terra Field, was not suspended because of the tweets critical of Mr. Chappelle’s show.
El nuevo superhéroe, hijo de Clark Kent y Luisa Lane, se preocupa por el medio ambiente, participa en política y pronto comenzará una relación romántica con un amigo.
The new Superman, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is concerned about the environment, does not shy away from politics and will soon begin a romantic relationship with a male friend.
The gay filmmaker Don Mancini introduced the killer doll in 1988, and as the “Child’s Play” franchise has evolved, so has its queer sensibility.
Bodily integrity matters — for all people.
Some readers find the new usage of “they” confusing and offer other options such as “que” and “s/he.”
The Dinah Shore Weekend, an annual festival for queer women, returned to Palm Springs last weekend after a two-year hiatus, this time with even more energy than usual.
Her role on Showtime’s “L Word” reboot offers a rare depiction of intimacy among disabled people. “There’s not one specific way to be queer,” she said.
As a radical gay feminist in historically patriarchal Israel, Ms. Freedman was under constant criticism and was often dismissed by her colleagues.
After a decade of embroidering portraits of loved ones, LJ Roberts delivers a lesson on queer kinship in a new exhibition at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn.
Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.
A bad tweet reveals a rift over gender and reproduction.
The two lawmakers, both from the Green Party, reflect the growing visibility and acceptance of transgender people, who have never before held seats in the Parliament.
Representative Liz Cheney came out against same-sex marriage in 2013. Her sister, who is gay, wrote online at the time that the decision put her “on the wrong side of history.”
On the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico, a community of the local Zapotec people has long accepted — and celebrated — gender nonconformity.
Vicky Hernández fue asesinada en 2009 y el crimen sigue sin ser resuelto. Su caso nos impulsó a buscar cambios estructurales en un país cruel con las personas trans.
The musical, featuring Alanis Morissette songs, is planning to resume performances on Broadway next month.
The legislation, endorsed in a referendum, will also allow same-sex couples to use sperm banks and to adopt children for the first time.
The annual festival celebrated 10 years of drag, queerness and artistry this month, but some local queens want more.
Campers from a pioneering retreat for gender-nonconforming children look back on what it taught them — and their journeys to becoming who they are.
A “bulletin” from 1939 describes the reasons a bar in Newark had its liquor license suspended for a month.
A bar in Paterson, N.J., lost its liquor license in 1955 after inspectors concluded that owners “suffered female impersonators” on eight occasions.
“In a time of total upheaval came the opportunity to affirm something beautiful and authentic.”
The governor’s declaration came after years of protest over violence against women and transgender people in the territory.
The beloved children’s book author on creativity, control and why even a good childhood is hard.
Long a capital of nightlife, from ’70s discos to ’90s raves, the city is now home to a rich after-hours culture where anyone — of any race, gender or sexuality — is welcome.
Without their presence and contributions, queer aesthetics — and the arts at large — would be far less rich.
The coalition that fought against AIDS stigma and worked to slow the plague changed patients’ rights and contemporary protest movements.
It’s rare for a musician to shock anymore. Mikaela Straus says [expletive] that.
The sergeant, who is gay, had said the St. Louis County Police Department failed to promote him based on sex stereotyping and retaliated against him for filing a lawsuit.
And conservatives could be the big winners.
Watch a dozen great performers at work, from an opera singer and a subway dancer to Princess Nokia and Kelli O’Hara.
As nonbinary teenagers push for driver’s licenses that reflect their identity, a fraught debate over the nature of gender has arrived in the nation’s statehouses.
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
At a time when being gay was classified as a mental disorder, Dr. Green defied the advice of his colleagues and took a professional risk by arguing otherwise.
The T.S.A. subjects transgender passengers like me to humiliating and dehumanizing treatment.
His rise is a sign that more L.G.B.T. people are finding spiritual homes in houses of faith.
I wanted to uncover ancient shards of my childhood gender and piece them back into the whole.
The director, Vlada Knowlton, who also narrates, is the parent of a transgender daughter.
The oil-rich sultanate imposes harsh Shariah law on its subjects, while members of the royal family enjoy lives of conspicuous luxury.
The former Act Up campaigner is now an epidemiologist — and MacArthur grantee — searching for new ways to halt epidemics.
Joan E. Biren began to photograph at a time when it was almost impossible to find authentic images of lesbians and aimed to help build a movement for their liberation.
The attorney general sought to allay concerns among members of a Justice Department group that advocates on behalf of gay, lesbian and transgender employees.
When Brunei made gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning, it cast a light on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the country’s monarch and main enforcer of religion.
The church reversed policies barring children of same-sex couples from important religious practices and said it would no longer label those in same-sex marriages as apostates.
The video shows men at a demonstration this weekend against the ailing president of Algeria taunting and hitting the woman.
Daniel Rycharski’s work is the subject of a major exhibition at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art. But that doesn’t mean he’s found acceptance.
And Democrats better not eat their own.
His wild, profane creations confront us with everything horrifying and joyous about America — and ourselves. Now he’s coming for Broadway.
The attempt to exclude trans women from the ranks of women reinforces the dangerous idea that there is a right way to be female.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is forcing a Chinese company to sell its stake in Grindr, a gay dating app, over national security concerns.
The administration will focus on more than 50 “hot spots” in the U.S. that annually account for half of new H.I.V. infections. A clinic in the Deep South sees the challenges every day.
In their search to present themselves as the antidote to President Trump, Democratic presidential candidates are focusing on a smaller target: the vice president.
New Yorkers gathered to memorialize the life of the ballroom scene “grandfather” and L.G.B.T. icon.
Before Mr. Fay fought for — and won — L.G.B.T. inclusion in the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade, he started his own event, St. Pat’s for All. The Queens resident is into jogging and documentaries.