Pride 2016 is particularly important because it marks the one-year anniversary of “Obergefell v. Hodges,” the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

In his closing remarks thanking Obama for his tenure as president and the mark he has made in the world, Wilmore dropped the n-word.

Mississippi and North Carolina can now be added to the list of states codifying transgender discrimination.

For many LGBTQs across the nation-especially those of us of African descent-we have been breathlessly waiting for Robert O’Hara’s “BootyCandy” to come to our cities.

“Their emigration to Jonestown in Guyana, South American represents another leg of the African Diaspora, but this time black bodies are stolen and killed not by the hands of white slave hunters, but rather by a religious rhetoric that pimps and profits on the racial, economic, and gendered disenfranchised.”

Beyoncé’s new song “Formation,” released over the weekend and performed at Super Bowl 50, is a masterpiece of black protest art and social commentary.

Until last June’s historic Supreme Court ruling — Obergefell v. Hodge — that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states, “the love that dare not speak its name,” which publicly outed Oscar Wilde at his “gross indecency trial” (Regina v. Wilde) in 1895, is finally and forever out of the closet.

In the past several years, Harlem’s empty lots and burned-out buildings have sprung up as luxury condos, upscale restaurants, boutique shops, hotels, B&Bs, and unimaginable improved services in an area the city had long forgotten.

Conservatives have always been a demographic group obsessed with policing this nation’s genitals.

Martin Luther King Day reminds me how Alabama has always been a troubling state when it comes to upholding the civil rights of its denizens.

Italy is one of the major European countries that don’t recognize marriage equality for its LGBTQ denizens in spite of the fact that the majority of Italians do, according to a 2014 poll.

With Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and Christmas all celebrated this time of year, one would think that we would embrace an all-inclusive seasonal greeting emblematic of our nation’s religious landscape with two simple words—Happy Holidays!

Too often we see the glitz and glamour that this holiday brings, totally missing its spiritual message. The underlying message in celebrating the season is the full embrace of human difference and diversity.

I truly believe if Americans – Christians and non-Christians, alike – stayed focused on the message of this holiday season, many LGBTI youth and young adults would not be homeless right now.

International theme for 2015 is “Getting to zero; end Aids by 2030.” The national theme for this year is “The time to act is now.”

In 2012, the United Nations stated that it’s possible to eradicate the disease by 2015 — in part, of course, by preventing new infections.

As I prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, I am reminded of the autumnal harvest time’s spiritual significance.

With four GOP debates now aired where all the presidential hopefuls are clearly either conservative or ultra-conservative on social issues, one has to wonder—where are the Log Cabin Republicans in pushing forth LGBTQ concerns this campaign season?

With this June’s historic Supreme Court ruling — Obergefell v. Hodge — that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states many white LGBTQ organizations nationwide have been questioning what to do next.

Every Monday morning Alex (name changed for anonymity) and I met for breakfast at our favorite dive in Boston’s Harvard Square.