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'Beloved' LGBTQ+ activist, David Mixner, who worked alongside several LGBTQ+ activist groups across several decades, has died aged 77.

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, allies can help create safe, respectful and inclusive workplace through a collective effort from both individuals and organizations.

Thumbnail graphic by Kim Jao / North by NorthwesternAfter a historic three-week span without a leader, House Republicans voted to elect fourth-term Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as Speaker of the House on Oct. 25. Rep. Johnson’s elevation to Speaker has prompted swift criticism and renewed scrutiny of the once-obscured

National Coming Out Day is October 11. It is important now more than ever that the LGBTQ+ community and its allies celebrate and advocate for positive change.

Vic Basile remembers the time a reporter asked him if, as the first executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, he would push for same-sex marriage to be legalized.

Mr. Easley took a leading role in the campaign against “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the Clinton-era policy that required gay service members to hide their sexual orientation.

Corettas Confidante, Pillar of Gay Atlanta Winston Johnson Has Died August 04 2021 12:11 AM EDT For an activist and philanthropist who was close friends with — among others — Coretta Scott King, Winston Johnson was a remarkably modest person who never called attention to himself. Johnsons inconspicuous yet memorable life was recently remembered at a July service that followed his passing in May at the age of 79. Even though he charmed presidents and movie stars and grew into an influential...

Add this share Winston Johnson (second from right) and friends at the Atlanta Pride parade in 2016. (Photo courtesy Terry Bird) Winston Johnson helped build a vital alliance between the LGBTQ and civil rights movements through his friendship with Coretta Scott King. He’s being remembered for that work and more in the wake of his death last month at 79. The longtime gay Atlanta resident and LGBTQ activist lost a long battle with cancer. Friends and family will gather for a memorial service in ...