BY: NADIA ZAIDI Recently, a close friend of mine told me that she was trisexual. I paused for a minute, and hoping not to offend her by my silence (which was actually a thought-pause), I blurted: what’s trisexual? The rational…
A gay vulture couple adopted an abandoned chick (video)
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO A baby bird is being raised by two loving parents after being adopted by a gay griffon vulture couple at the Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo. After finding the abandoned egg zookeepers decided to forgo the usual practice…
Gay dating app Grindr is pushing its users to vote this election for one very important reason
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Grindr, a gay-dating app, is urging its American users to get out, get loud and vote. Before the huge presidential debate on September 26th, the app took a poll on their American users’ opinions on the upcoming election…
This is how straight men react learning they are in a gay rap music video
BY: JONATHAN MOSS What happens when a group of die-hard hip-hop fans are tricked into being in a gay rapper’s music video? Comedian Ben Bizuneh and F-Comedy recently created a social experiment to test the fallacy that black men are…
This trans model was disowned by her family, and the Internet adopted her
BY: SWIKAR OLI Tschan Andrews doesn’t want you to see her as a vanguard for black trans models. “It’s not a trend. It was always here,” Andrews tells Dazed. Indeed, since Paris is Burning thrust the struggle and celebration of…
The first openly transgender White House official could change American politics
BY: MELISSA MYERS Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is the first openly transgender person to join the White House staff, and a transgender women of colour at that. This announcement comes less than two months after same-sex marriage was declared a right in…
Irish activists are using clever street art to fight the ignorant opposition to gay marriage
BY: AOIFE RYAN For a small island nation with a population of just 4.5 million people, Ireland’s cultural and political reach has spread remarkably far across the globe. This year, May 22nd to be exact, the controversial marriage equality referendum…
Gay conversion therapists are convincing victims they have a “cure” for being gay
BY: MICHAEL LYONS [Warning: This article mentions torture and sexual abuse.] Can gay people be “cured” with reparative therapy? The long answer is one that’s tangled with a history of spiritual, legal, medical and social discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual,…
These before and after photos of sexual reassignment give a voice to transgendered in Cuba.
For Reassign, Claudia Gonzales documents the complex journey travelled by transgendered people living in Cuba. In the first photo you will see the phase preceding the gender reassignment process, and in the other, following the surgery. These photos are made…
K6G is the LGBTQ-friendly ward inside one of America’s most notorious jails
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Inside LA County Sheriff’s Men’s Central Jail, the K6G ward provides a safe haven for gay and transgendered inmates. The gay ward was created after a 1985 lawsuit where the jail came under scrutiny for the high…
4chan Turned Me Gay
BY: AL DONATO Two guys in horse masks fucking on webcam. Someone gushing about places to buy binders online. Several people sharing their experiences in gay bars. Everyone, anonymous and faceless. This used to be my typical Friday night. As…
Growing Up Gay In A Military Family
BY: CHRISTINE CELIS “Law enforcement and the military are both boys’ clubs,” said Carlos*, 22, as he sat down in front of me. “No matter where you go, those two fields are always full of manly men. Of course, there…