The rise and fall of the “most far-flung, most organized, and most brazen example of homosexual extortion in the nation’s history.”

How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage.

How a rugby legend came out.

Why do America’s black gay and bisexual men have a higher H.I.V. rate than any country in the world?

Why didn’t gay rights cure gay loneliness?

The story of 1982’s Making Love.

Mapping the global spread of antigay ideology.

“I made a pact with myself when I was 15 that if I was going to live this life, I'm only going to do it on my terms, and I'm only going to do it if I'm putting my middle finger up at society the whole time. So any time I've had yearnings to go, "Aw, gee, I wish I could be invited to the Emmys," I say, Ru, Ru, remember the pact you made. You never wanted to be a part of that bullshit. In fact, I'd rather have an enema than have an Emmy.”

Behind the character Ursula in The Little Mermaid was a legendary drag queen from Baltimore named Divine.

What happened after the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball came out.

Danny Caldwell is openly gay. He’s married. And he’s against gay marriage.

On two gay men in Pennsylvania who tried, and failed, to build a commune of their own.

An essay on its history and future during a time when “gayness, we are told, is over.”

“It took me 32 years to come out. This is what happened when I did.”

The love story behind the battle over gay marriage in Texas.

Tracy and Kathryn plan their wedding.

The Tiwonge Chimbalanga, a transgender woman who was imprisoned four years ago in Malawi for getting engaged to a man. Pardoned and freed, she now scrapes by living in exile in South Africa.

A survivor of conversion therapy gets the wedding of her dreams.

On the rise in gay teens who are cast out by their families.

CeCe McDonald, a homeless trans teen in Minneapolis, was charged with murder for defending herself. Then she became a folk hero.

Coming out in a country where that can get you killed.

How activists are using science to show that someone can be truly attracted to both a man and a woman.

The behind-the-scenes story of how NFL prospect Michael Sam came out.

The coordinated government attack on queer Russia.

The gay influence on American cooking.