Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, and Elliot Page are some of the LGBTQ activists whose groundbreaking accomplishments have created a more equal, open society.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sylvia Rivera was one of the most influential activists in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s and ’70s. A drag queen and ...

"Despite the tremendous gains of the LGBT movement in recent years, the history of gay life in this country remains poorly understood. According to conventional wisdom, gay liberation started with the ...

Source: CURED Film Project. Used with permission. Cured premiered on PBS on 11 October to coincide with National Coming Out Day. The documentary chronicles the years-long campaign which led the ...

The intersection of Christopher and Gay Streets, just down the street from Stonewall Inn. Last week, thousands of visitors–gay and straight alike–descended on Christopher Street in celebration of gay ...

The new movie Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola, is adapted from the memoir by Alysia Abbott. She wrote about being the child of a gay single father at the dawn of the gay liberation movement. He ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — This year’s Buffalo Pride theme invites the community to explore Western New York’s deep-rooted connection to the early gay liberation movement. At the heart of this history is the ...

LGBTQ+ organizations in Canada are gearing up for a “Rainbow Week of Action” that will feature rallies across the country calling on governments to do more to support LGBTQ+ communities. Such events ...

Sylvia Rivera was one of the most influential activists in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s and '70s. A drag queen and transgender woman, Rivera was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 ...