For most of its early history, the word “queer” meant unusual or out of the ordinary. Then it was co-opted as a homophobic insult for much of the 20th century before people from LGBT communities ...

Nearly five years after it was published, a memoir about growing up in Sonoma County continues to stir up controversy at libraries across the country. For the third year in a row, Maia Kobabe’s ...

More than 270 photographs show expressions of gender and sexuality across two centuries. Works by well-known photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray and Edmund Teske hang ...

"The cartoonist's earnest, heartfelt, and intensely cathartic graphic memoir chronicling eir personal journey of self-identity has been widely heralded as one of the most important and influential ...

“Knowing what you can and cannot withstand is critical in considering if and when you can let someone back in,” she says. “A ...

It’s impossible to predict what any given guest will experience at A Night at the Orfelia on June 29. That’s by design. The simplest description of the event is that it is an immersive, future-focused ...

Step inside the Bushwick barbershop Hairrari and you’ll see a transgender flag and a shelf lined with bottles of Gay Spray leave-in conditioner. Hairrari bills itself as a “gender-neutral barbershop” ...

The term has become increasingly popular with the rise of queer restaurants, including The Ruby Fruit, a restaurant and wine bar for the “sapphically inclined” in Los Angeles, and HAGS, a fine dining ...

What queer means today Queer is an expansive term used by some LGBTQ people to describe their sexuality, gender identity or both. It may be preferred by those who find other terms like “gay” or ...