The Stonewall Uprising ignited a protest that would reverberate far beyond Greenwich Village more than 50 years later. Here’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sylvia Rivera was one of the most influential activists in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s and ’70s. A drag queen and ...

Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, and Elliot Page are some of the LGBTQ activists whose groundbreaking accomplishments have created a more equal, open society.

Frank Kameny was a pioneer in the modern gay rights movement and dedicated his life to fighting for LGBTQ+ equality. From his ...

Almost all of the gay bars in New York City in that era were operated by organized crime. The police typically would give the owners a heads-up about impending raids, which usually took place on quiet ...

"This is the definitive account of the last great struggle for equal rights in the twentieth century. From the birth of the modern gay rights movement at the Stonewall riots in New York in 1969, ...

And now the gay-rights movement may be on the cusp of momentous legal breakthroughs. Later this month, a Supreme Court ruling could lead to legalization of same-sex marriage in California, and there’s ...

NEW YORK — The Trump administration removed the rainbow-colored Pride flag from a flagpole outside the Stonewall National Monument, outraging local leaders who called the decision an affront to the ...

When President Trump attended a production of “Les Misérables” in Washington last week, there were four men dressed in women’s clothes seated in the audience. Yes, they put on a daring show of drag ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Greg Bourke and Michael DeLeon have lived together for 32 years and were married in Canada more than a decade ago, but back home in Kentucky, something is missing. That ...

Sylvia Rivera was one of the most influential activists in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s and '70s. A drag queen and transgender woman, Rivera was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 ...