Serena Sonoma

It had been six years since I stepped foot at North Carolina’s legislative building when HB2 was signed into law by former Governor Pat McCrory.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed SB 164 into law on Monday (May 9), modernizing the state’s HIV laws.

The Real World: New Orleans star sat down with GLAAD’s Anthony Allen Ramos to discuss his coming out about living with HIV.

If state legislatures believe they are defending the rights of all residents, they haven’t been paying attention.

On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, GLAAD is honoring the exemplary work of trans-led organizations fighting harmful legislation on the ground by providing care to those who need it most.

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The first memory I have of coming to understand myself as the transgender woman I am today was at the age of six, when I would walk around my family home in my aunt’s black Manolo Blahnik pumps. Wearing my grandmother’s scarves loosely on my head, I would imagine it to be the same long flowing hair she had and used to fuss with so much. And despite being so young, I was convinced I would grow up to marry Fred Savage every night after I watched The Wonder Years.
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On February 10, 2021, over two dozen transgender Alabama residents and allies filled the floor of the Alabama House Judiciary Committee to speak out against the state’s attempt to pass a bill that would make it a felony to prescribe puberty-blocking drugs or hormones as transgender therapies for minors with gender dysphoria.

There is a historic marker at 224 East Main St. in Lexington, Kentucky that reads:
“Oldest continuous LGBTQ gathering place in Kentucky,” a message on the history of the state’s LGBTQ community. It has been a place where LGBTQ Kentuckians have gathered for the past 80 decades.

Three Months, starring Troye Sivan (Boy Erased, X-men: Origins), is sparking new conversation for new generations in its debut on Paramount+.

Whether in fashion and cosmetics or tech and business Black Queer folks have never lacked a sense of creativity or ingenuity.

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, today, February 7th, we turn our focus to National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NBHAAD).

While there have been incredible advances in treatment, care, and services, there is still so much to be done to end the HIV epidemic.

As a Black, queer, non-binary breast cancer survivor, Hart is working to ensure that people like her are seen and heard in discussions about cancer and LGBTQ+ healthcare. That includes appearing in Ralph Lauren’s Pink Pony Initiative, a philanthropic campaign to fight cancer.

In this op-ed, Serena Sonoma explains why LGBTQ people don't want empty gestures of allyship from police as long as violence against the community continues.

I was 23 years old when I met my first boyfriend, a cisgender, bisexual, curly-haired boy who moved to my city in North Carolina from Chicago — he was charming and handsome with looks akin to Timothée Chalamet and was a social extrovert by all definitions.