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The National Black Justice Collective (NBJC) brought Black LGBTQ+/Same-Gender Loving leadership to the forefront of the 2026 Creating Change Conference with its annual signature convening, The Black Institute. Held Friday, Jan. 23, the daylong gathering brought together Black LGBTQ+/SGL organizers, advocates, and emerging leaders at a moment shaped by politicalContinue Reading

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The zodiac gets a queer reinvention in The Queer Zodiac, a visual art project created by queer artist YANN (@yannhatchuel), photographer Thomas Mundell (@mundellmodernpixels), 3D artist Aquariux (@cryptoquariux), and graphic designer Safira Azul (@safiraazul). Through cinematic, editorial portraits, each zodiac sign is reinterpreted as a living, breathing character, combining mythologyContinue Reading

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A free-for-all Pride organisation in the East Midlands has condemned a group of businesses for scheduling an event – using the same name – for the same day as its annual Pride, leading to confusion amongst members of the local LGBTQ+ community. Notts Pride, which celebrates Nottinghamshire’s LGBTQ+ community, isContinue Reading

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Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki says his locker room is ready to support an openly LGBTQ+ teammate, as conversations around queerness in professional hockey gain renewed momentum thanks to the breakout Canadian television series Heated Rivalry. Suzuki made the remarks Sunday during an appearance on Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde enContinue Reading

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For part I, click here. The Darkness Greeted Her by Christina Ferko (YA) Compound Fracture (YA) and You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White Shae by Mesha Maren The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo Jericho by Ann McMan, Read MoreContinue Reading

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The Trevor Project is expanding its leadership bench with a hire that signals both urgency and intention. The nation’s leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ young people announced that longtime advocate Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen has joined its team as Senior Vice President of Public Engagement Campaigns. Heng-Lehtinen enters the role asContinue Reading

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Straight dating culture has never been short on rules. From who texts first to who pays for dinner, many expectations are shaped by tradition rather than intention, often rooted in rigid gender roles that leave little room for nuance or conversation. Queer people, excluded from that framework by default, hadContinue Reading