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Mark your calendars and grab your tickets because the 36th edition of NewFest is back for an exciting two weeks of queer cinema. The annual fall film festival returns Thursday, Oct. 10, with the New York premiere of “A Nice Indian Boy,” starring Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni. The following 10 days are marked by feature film debuts, as well…

Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill has been officially written into law, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed.

Two men have pleaded guilty to providing fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a prominent New York City transgender activist Cecilia Gentili earlier this year.

The practice of conversion therapy has stirred controversy and is opposed by the American Medical Association.

Oscar-nominated director David France said the voices of children have been left out of the nationwide debate over drag reading events.

More than 150 of the out athletes at the 2024 Games are women, according to sports site OutSports.

A federal appeals court panel ruled 2-1 on Friday that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.

Pennsylvania authorities confirmed that dismembered human remains found late last month are those of a transgender teenager who had been reported missing. 

Pride Month celebrates all the achievements and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. But why is it celebrated in June? The story starts at a bar in New York City: The Stonewall Inn. NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez reports. 

The Gay Games welcomes thousands of athletes every four years to compete, just like the Olympics, and spotlights the LGBTQ+ community. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino chats with the Federation of Gay Games and Team New York Aquatics on the games’ lasting legacy.

LGBTQ older adults are twice as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to grow old single and living alone, according to SAGE, an advocacy organization for LGBTQ elders.

Those covered by the pardon will be able to apply to receive proof that their conviction has been erased, petition to have their discharges from the military upgraded and move to recover lost pay and benefits.

The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority.

Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots. The state Legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would change the name of the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station in Greenwich Village to the Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station.

Cobalt Sovereign, 17, alleged a student assaulted her while she was leaving the men’s bathroom at her high school in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Jay Riccomini is increasingly well known in the world of slopestyle skiing. He finished third overall in last season’s World Cup slopestyle standings, and is now mentioned as an Olympic hopeful in 2026. But he has also achieved a different kind of victory: publicly embracing his identity as a gay transgender man.

Thailand has kicked off its annual celebration for the LGBTQ+ community’s Pride Month as the country is on course to become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality.

Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small. The annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture begins Saturday against a complicated backdrop of backlashes. Rights have been lost around the world and advocates say over 60 countries have anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit is looking for two men accused of attacking a person with a metal pipe in what may have been an anti-LGTBQ attack in Brooklyn.

The State Department renewed a global security warning Friday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an “increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence.”