Why cats purr is a surprisingly long-standing mystery. Now we’re one step closer to solving it.
Despite humans living with cats for thousands of years, scientists still don’t quite know how they make purring sounds. But new research appears to be edging us closer…
Why this Buddhist monk has become an LGBTQ+ role model in Tokyo
Kodo Nishimura, A Buddhist monk and makeup artist based in Tokyo, talks about breaking down stereotypes and serving as an LGBTQ+ role model
US Sex Education Classes Often Don’t Include LGBTQ+ Students
In fifth grade, Stella Gage’s class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors. That was the extent of her sex education in school. At no point was there any content that felt especially relevant to her identity as a…
Singer Sufjan Stevens Comes Out by Dedicating New Album to Late Partner
Sufjan Stevens publicly came out as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community in the footnotes of his new album, Javelin. “JAVELIN is out today. Thank you for listening. I love you. This album is dedicated to the light of my life, my beloved partner and best friend Evans Richardson…
Homeless camps ‘suffocate’ one of Denver’s first LGBTQ bars, forcing closure
The Triangle Bar lost roughly 50% of its business in the last several months thanks to downtown Denver’s unrelenting homelessness problem…
Mauritius’ top court decriminalizes same-sex relations
The Supreme Court of Mauritius has struck out a colonial-era law criminalizing same-sex relations, bucking a trend elsewhere in Africa where a string of countries have passed or proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Pro-LGBTQ Pastor Praises Andy Stanley Conference as ‘Supportive and Affirming’
Zach W. Lambert, the pastor of Restore Austin (Texas), said in a social media post on Thursday that he went with friends to the conference at Stanley’s North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga., and liked what he heard…
Elizabeth Warren Just Backed an ‘Online Safety’ Bill That Will Harm LGBTQ Youth
The Kids Online Safety Act has gained support from right-wing groups that want to crack down on LGBTQ content, and now Senator Elizabeth Warren…Do the ancient human footprints at White Sands date back to the last ice age?
The oldest human footprints in White Sands National Park were initially excavated in 2009. NPSNew tests on the millennia-old footprints confirm their age. But some debates on the first humans to live in the Americas will continue. The post Do the ancient human footprints at White Sands date back to the last ice age…