Readers discuss criticism of a white woman’s film about Muslims accused of terrorism. Also: Preschool in New York; gay and in exile; a fragile democracy; student debt.
As one jeweler put it, many of her L.G.B.T.Q. clients want “the opposite of what a diamond is supposed to stand for.” Sapphires, opals and other nontraditional stones have in turn grown more coveted.
When relationship dramas heated up this summer, she saw an opportunity.
A man comes out to his wife — and breaks apart their family. Fifteen years later, we check back in.
The sweeping 100-page law will also allow same-sex couples to adopt and includes measures that expand protections for women, children and the elderly.
Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors.
In her election campaign, Giorgia Meloni pledged to oppose surrogacy and adoption by gay couples.
Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, an Episcopal priest who is married to a woman, said the funeral of her godfather was moved to his garden to allow her to participate.
Readers discuss declassification “by thinking” and an appellate court ruling. Also: Censorship, left and right; gay marriage; development aid; abortion art.
In Singapore, queer people see progress only from a distance.
An effort by European soccer federations to highlight gay rights could force a collision between FIFA rules and social campaigns.
The Modern Orthodox Jewish university in Manhattan had said it would halt the activities of all undergraduate clubs rather than sanction the gay student organization. The students say they will delay seeking recognition if the other clubs can resu...
Jennifer Finney Boylan and Thomas Page McBee on what the feminist movement owes the trans community.
Edwards, a Minnesota Timberwolves guard, used homophobic language to refer to a group of people as they stood outdoors. A video of the remarks was posted to Instagram.
The state’s Department of Education issued guidelines that would require students to file legal documents to be called by different pronouns.
Readers react to an essay about how the maternal instinct is a myth. Also: A third-party alternative; the work environment; new baseball rules; billionaires.
Earlier in the week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a ruling to stand for now that required the university to recognize the group.
‘A project like this is almost a double-edged sword’: A conversation with the creatives who are making the culture — and questioning it, too.
The subjects of T Magazine’s fall Men’s Fashion cover shoot discuss what it means to be young, Black and queer in this film inspired by Marlon Riggs’s “Tongues Untied.”
For T’s fall Men’s Fashion issue, two dozen artists — all Black, queer and under 40 — gathered in homage to the groundbreaking film “Tongues Untied.”
For decades, the shoreline in the shelter of a derelict hospital at Riis Beach has been a queer haven. Soon, the buildings will be demolished.
On television, for over 50 years, queer characters have confronted cruel, cringy, even heartwarming reactions.
By a 5-to-4 vote, the court refused to block a trial judge’s ruling that required the university to recognize the group under New York City’s anti-discrimination law.
Five of the six largest marathons in the world will soon allow runners to compete without registering as men or women. The London Marathon changed its policy on Wednesday.
A new rule made it “virtually impossible” for transgender people born in Montana to amend the gender listed on their birth certificates, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana.
Nonbinary runners will not be required to register in either the men’s or women’s division for the 2023 Boston Marathon, the organizers of the race said.
Andrew Sean Greer was elated, if a little confounded, when his 2017 novel “Less” received the award. Now he’s following it with a sequel, which he knows might raise some eyebrows. So what if it’s unseemly?
Kit Heyam’s “Before We Were Trans” spans continents and millenniums to prove that where there is humanity, there is nonconformity.
At the Toronto premiere, she spoke of playing a homophobic mother as “the challenge of a lifetime” because it represents everything she stands against in reality.
Sonia Sotomayor’s ruling will be in place pending a decision by the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Egypt joined six Gulf Arab nations in insisting that streaming services take down programs that go against “societal values.”
Ms. Healey and another Democrat running for governor of Oregon could become the first two openly lesbian governors in the country if they win in the fall.
A revival of the classic musical offers a fresh twist on the founding for the post-“Hamilton” era.
¿De verdad es tan inconcebible que una de las personas más famosas del mundo pueda estar atrapada en el mismo armario que tú o yo?
Indigo Point was created as an oasis, one that organizers saw as all the more necessary after a barrage of conservative legislation focused on transgender young people.
Representative Ken Calvert, a long-serving Republican, is facing a tough re-election race in a redrawn district that now includes Palm Springs, proclaimed to be the gayest city in America.
In the run-up to the midterms, fearmongering about transgender issues is becoming an obsession on the right.
A new documentary makes the case that under her hardened exterior, the novelist Patricia Highsmith was a longing romantic.
Even before the production debuted, it had inflamed a rancorous debate about sex and gender that plays out almost daily in Britain.
Divisions over the acceptance of homosexuality have proved intractable both on a global level and inside even liberal-leaning countries like New Zealand.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the singer’s use of queer symbols. Also: Gorbachev’s death; filling empty theater seats.
Seven patients share their stories of devastating symptoms, their frustration over finding care and their efforts to help each other when doctors and officials have failed.
The DeSantis governorship provides insight into what our national life might look like if in 2024 the Republicans make a clean sweep.
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.