A professor in San Diego is offering a class on Tejano singer Selena and Latinx representation
Growing up in Texas, Nathian Shae Rodriguez listened to the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla countless times and to him, she was more than her music. Rodriguez saw someone just like himself.
4 years ago, same-sex couples couldn’t get married in Tampa. On Tuesday, the city elected a lesbian mayor.
On Tuesday night, former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor was elected mayor of Florida’s third-largest city. Castor’s victory was national news because she’s the first lesbian elected mayor in Florida — and the first in the broader southeast as well.
BBQ food truck faces backlash for ‘LGBTQ’ T-shirts
A Kentucky food truck is selling a T-shirt that says “I support LGBTQ — liberty, guns, Bible, Trump, BBQ.”
Anatomy of a Pride parade
Pride parades have been with us for decades now. Let’s look back at their history and the wide variety of people — from drag queens to church representatives — who are in them.
Pride beyond parades: How the LGBTQ celebration is enjoyed around the US
As the LGBTQIA community has evolved, so has the spectrum of Pride offerings — well beyond parades. Find out about lower-key Pride events for 2019 across the United States.
Pete Buttigieg’s unlikely rise as a symbol of LGBT progress
Before South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg captured the nation’s attention as a serious contender for the 2020 Democratic nomination, he was in Iowa, laying the groundwork for his forthcoming bid.
The ‘terrible’ hypocrisy that got Chicago’s first black lesbian mayor elected
There’s a cruel irony to black voters helping elect Chicago’s first black lesbian mayor. Many of them never would have accepted her as a leader in their church.
San Francisco: Insider Travel Guide
San Francisco evokes images of the Golden Gate Bridge and fog-shrouded hills. Insiders guide you to the rest of their compact, glorious City by the Bay.
Being first black lesbian is great, but real prize is taking down ‘old, entrenched Chicago machine,’ Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot says
Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot realizes being the first black woman and first lesbian to lead the city is monumental, but the real feat, she says, is taking down the city’s historically well-fortified establishment.