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The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians

British diver Tom Daley won a gold medal on Monday, but for the 27-year-old, its significance is about more than athletics. “To be an Olympic champion now just shows that you can achieve anything.”

The year 2020 saw welcome growth in racial diversity of LBGTQ characters in films released by major studios, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD.

For members of the LGBTQ community, it can feel like there’s no place for them in the world of faith and religion, especially within Christianity.

Multiple faith leaders – including an Episcopal minister whose LGBTQ identity was central to her faith journey – say religious institutions should be more accepting of LGBTQ people.

As Pride month comes to a close next week, here’s a look back at the rich history of the Gay Pride parade.

Police officers were uninvited in tune with the origin of pride as a riot at the Stonewall Inn and in solidarity with LGBTQ people of color. But fewer people are expected overall as the pandemic wanes, says NYC Pride media director Dan Dimant.

A look back at the origins of the Gay Pride parade.

The It Gets Better Project is hosting a digital Pride Month event with Laverne Cox, MJ Rodriguez and many more. We talked to one of the event’s hosts, Kalen Allen of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, about the event and what Pride Month means to him.

One man was arrested, another man was ticketed for trespassing and a third person was hurt at a chaotic public meeting Tuesday on equity issues in Loudoun County Public Schools.

“Hot White Heist” started as a joke on Twitter as Adam Goldman was wondering what a queer heist movie would look like. That snowballed into a scripted podcast with an all-star cast.

At the age of 16, Stella Keating became the first trans teen to testify before Congress when she spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the Equality Act this March. Keating has big plans for her future, but her top priority is helping make a “more inclusive and safe world” for other trans kids like her.

A school board meeting got heated in a hurry after the board voted to end public comment on a hot-button issue. Sheriff’s deputies responded and had to remove at least one person from the premises. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A Loudoun County School Board meeting grew unruly when people booed and shouted while others made their comments to the board. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

On Monday, Las Vegas Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to publicly declare that he is gay. As Nassib’s announcement continues to reverberate across the sports landscape, here are just a few of the landmark LGBTQ athletes who blazed a trail before him in professional team sports.

Carl Nassib, a defensive lineman for the Las Vegas Raiders, posted a coming-out video to his Instagram on Monday, making him the first openly gay, active football player in the NFL.

Many states introduced legislation that would ban gender-affirming care for kids, with legislators placing a strong emphasis on fears that kids would later regret their choice. But Dr. Colt Wasserman, a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, says kids are capable of making those decisions. “I think the current dialogue really undermines their autonomy,” Wasserman said.

June marks the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The tragedy rocked the nation, and devastated the LGBTQ and South Florida communities. In this special, Telemundo Orlando takes a closer look at what has changed five years later. (Video en español. Subtitles in English.)

Dr. Imani Woody, founder of Mary’s House for Older Adults, is transforming her childhood home to help LGBTQ seniors.

Besides the rainbow flag there are also several other flags that represent people who identify as lesbian, asexual, pansexual, demisexual, intersex, gender-fluid, agender, aromantic, nonbinary and polyamorous.