Let’s be honest: The Stonewall isn’t all that. Here are some places to go instead.
Sidney Franklin was “hiding in plain sight” as a closeted bullfighter in a macho sport. He became a legend in Spain and loved dressing the part.
Monday: Here is a guide to some of The Times’s Pride coverage.
Quince Mountain is the first openly transgender person to be on the Discovery’s reality TV show. He found the experience to be a relief.
While some countries are strengthening rights protections, others are clamping down in response to a wave of conservatism.
We’re drawn to tales of fierce resistance by oppressed minorities. But those stories can blind us to how social progress happens.
His betrayal of us is his betrayal of all of America.
A heteronormative tradition with an L.G.B.T.Q. twist.
Transgender people, drag queens and minorities played outsized roles at early milestones of the gay rights movement, but they haven’t received the benefits of the revolution they sparked.
‘I had no vision at all,’ said Charles W. Leslie, who co-founded the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 50 years ago. ‘It had to do with some vague concept of gay liberation.’
‘I had no vision at all,’ said Charles W. Leslie, who co-founded the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 50 years ago. ‘It had to do with some vague concept of gay liberation.’
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“A Strange Loop,” “Stonewall” and, of course, “The Cher Show” are among the offerings onstage now.
The uprising at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 inspired a movement, but there were other early milestones in the struggle for gay rights.
Some critics say the Pride March has become overrun by corporate sponsors. They have organized an alternative parade for the same day.
An outsider status can be scary. But for some, being “neither/nor” is what helps life make sense.
The actor urges challenging preferential treatment and helping the most disenfranchised create change.
Religious institutions must reckon with how homophobia and transphobia create a climate that endangers L.G.B.T.Q. youths.
A black feminist describes her disillusionment, saying many people are still marginalized, even in progressive circles.
Sometimes self-acceptance can be a full-time job.
A biologist and trans woman finds that sexuality and gender are rarely as straightforward
“It was a truth I had known since I was 5. I was a boy.”
Nearly a year and a half after Frances McDormand made the term famous, few Hollywood productions are using this contractual tool.
From gay marriage to gender identity, a timeline of the legal battles that have shaped L.G.B.T.Q. rights.
The state measure stops defendants from citing a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity to justify their crime.
For Mr. Biden, a trip to the historic site was a chance to celebrate the gay-rights movement and highlight his own support for L.G.B.T. causes.
To blaze trails, they travel a familiar path.
In 1977, 13 percent of Americans believed that a person was born lesbian or gay. Today, 49 percent believe that, according to Gallup polls.
Three writers discuss her “You Need to Calm Down” video, which is populated with L.G.B.T.Q. celebrities. Not everyone sees it as a celebration.
PrideTable, a two-week event, tells L.G.B.T. chefs’ stories and serves a five-course meal.
As gay, lesbian and transgender communities become less stigmatized — in part thanks to mentor-mentee relationships — will it be easier for young people to imagine a life where they actually grow old?
Know your rights, do your research and don’t let fear take the driver’s seat.
Mr. Sparks apologized for comments he made in emails released as part of a lawsuit that claims he spread a rumor an ex-employee had Alzheimer’s.
The Supreme Court just declined to hear a case in which a bakery refused to make a cake for a lesbian couple. Here’s a look at similar past cases.
Readers describe the advantages and drawbacks of compressing their chests.
The Supreme Court again avoided deciding whether the Constitution allows people with religious objections to same-sex marriage to discriminate.
The poet Danez Smith says the shifting sands have revealed what we’ve known for years: that queer people are innovators of body, mind and spirit.
The author and professor of English talks about going from boys’ camp to womanhood and expressing love and support for her own trans daughter.
The award-winning playwright and director looks hopefully and cautiously toward the future of L.G.B.T.Q. equality.
The award-winning playwright and director looks hopefully and cautiously toward the future of L.G.B.T.Q. equality.
The pastor said in a sermon that L.G.B.T. people were “freaks” and “worthy of death,” comments that have prompted prosecutors to review cases he has investigated.
Other countries are taking steps to atone for their shameful past treatment of L.G.B.T. people. The United States should too.
This Pride month, we’ll take you to important locations in L.G.B.T.Q. history and tell you the stories about the gay New Yorkers, icons and activists who lived and worked there. Along the way we’ll let you know about some upcoming events and a few insider tips.
Eight months before the all-important Iowa caucuses, revelers came to the state’s capital to celebrate Pride — and to hear presidential candidates speak about issues that matter to them.
I was no longer a husband, and even my role as a father was modified. I was the dad who came out: the gay dad.
The nationalist governing party says it’s in favor of democracy — just not the kind represented by the European Union. We look at how it is reshaping Poland’s institutions.
The arrival of marriage equality offers a generation a future they could not have envisioned. But is it what they want?
Kendrell Lavar Lyles is also a “person of interest” in the killing of Chynal Lindsey, a transgender woman who was pulled from White Rock Lake on June 1, the police said.
Under Demetre Daskalakis’s tenure, New York City has lowered H.I.V. transmission rates, rolled out PrEP and removed some of the stigma associated with H.I.V. and AIDS. But his work is far from done.
Layleen Polanco was found unresponsive in her cell on Friday.
Thirty-two of Africa’s 54 nations have laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct, according to activists. Change has come, but it is spotty and slow.
Thirty-two of Africa’s 54 nations have laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct, according to activists. Change has come, but it is spotty and slow.
Activists hailed the ruling on laws that date from the British colonial era as a significant step for rights on the African continent.
The police had long refused to apologize for the violent 1969 raid that galvanized the modern gay rights movement. Commissioner James O’Neill described his change of heart.
Washington’s rejection of a routine Pride Month commemoration reflects the administration’s changing stance.
A reader says chest binders play an important role in navigating personal and professional life.
An 18-year-old man fatally shot three people and injured two others in a Detroit home last month, prosecutors said.
The largest pride parade in Central and Eastern Europe comes as a government campaign depicts the gay rights movement in Poland as a threat to families.
The Metropolitan Police of London said four teenagers were arrested after two women reported being assaulted, harassed and robbed on a bus by men who had tried to make the couple kiss.
The Metropolitan Police said five people, including four teenagers, were arrested after two women reported being assaulted, harassed and robbed on a bus by men who had tried to make the couple kiss.
She talks about revisiting Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City” for a fourth time, and the potential impact of Georgia’s abortion bill on the production of Netflix’s “Ozark.”
Nearly 100 Democratic members of Congress, including several presidential hopefuls, signed letters calling for an end to the State Department policy.
How New York is marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising at the movies.
The police commissioner, James P. O’Neill, said he was sorry on behalf of the New York Police Department for the actions officers during a 1969 clash with gay men outside a Greenwich Village club.
The commissioner, James O’Neill, said he was sorry on behalf of the New York Police Department for officers’ actions during a seminal 1969 clash outside a gay bar.
“Being attracted to men doesn’t mean you have to believe in creating a Palestinian state,” says Israel’s first openly L.G.B.T. cabinet minister.
In June, competitors in the Western States 100-mile run will be governed by new guidelines seen as a step forward for transgender athletes.
Though limited in its scope, the decision was celebrated by activists as an important victory for expanding rights to same-sex couples.
The parade, proposed by three men for late August, has yet to receive a permit from Boston officials. The proposal’s real intent seemed unclear.
Many of the defining moments of L.G.B.T.Q. history have been revised or forgotten.
Ever since the 1969 riots on the streets outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power.
Not everyone identifies as male or female. This is what it’s like to be nonbinary in a world that wants to box you in.
Chynal Lindsey was found dead less than a month after another woman, Muhlaysia Booker, was fatally shot.
In calling a political rival gay, Mr. Duterte said he used to be gay himself but was cured with the help of “beautiful women.”
The Philippines president, in calling a political rival gay, said he used to be gay himself but was cured with the help of “beautiful women.”
To write about the debate over adding an “X” option to state IDs, I was trying to better understand how the issue plays out in everyday life.
Colorado on Friday became the 18th state to ban “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender expression.
He triggered condemnation from activists who said his celebratory words did little to undo the damage his administration has caused to L.G.B.T. people.
The first lesson was pride.
We would like to hear from people who have used binding to flatten their chests.
In “Out of the Shadows,” Walt Odets looks at the trauma and shame that still plague gay men, and argues for more self-actualized and authentic lives.
People who use binders report symptoms like back and chest pain, overheating and shortness of breath.
New York City museums and public spaces celebrate Stonewall and the movement’s charismatic personalities in a handful of timely shows.
Kendra Westwood isn’t just a dancer — she’s also the head of a “kiki” house.
In June, millions of people will gather in New York City to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, which marked the start of a national pride movement. But some in the Midwest say there’s still work to be done — either because they’re still struggling, or because they feel that the L.G.B.T.Q. community has forgotten them.
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, both key figures in the gay liberation movement, will be honored with a permanent installation in Greenwich Village.
A recent episode of the CBS drama “The Red Line” featured a gay romance involving a Muslim character. Fawzia Mirza, the episode’s writer, discusses how it came to be.
Then I learned about his plans to take away health care protections for transgender Americans.