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My Family Knows Me, but Not My Life
It’s time for Black LGBTQ men to introduce their queer and birth families to each other.
Hey, Trans Folks! Here’s the FYI on Getting Your Breast/Chest Screening Scheduled
Ohio trans health advocate Tyson Crenshaw shares his own story as part of this guidelines update from Equitas Health.
Sexual Minority Women Are at Risk for Breast Cancer: Interview With Courtney Sarkin
Homophobia and cis heterosexism create elevated breast cancer risks for queer identifying women by pushing them out of healthcare.
Not Just Gay Men: Honoring the Stories of Women With HIV 40 Years Later
Over the past 40 years, women living with HIV/AIDS have had to—and continue to—fight against erasure from the historical dominant narrative.
Queer, Trans, Disabled, and Proud of All Three
What is disability pride? Radical acceptance of both self and community.
Carl Nassib Rejected Homophobia—the Supreme Court Should Too
In announcing he is gay, Nassib used his celebrity to draw attention to the stigma and disproportionate risks LGBTQAI+ youth face every day.
Along the Road to Joy: Soul Music and a Shift in Perspective
For many Black gay men, the path to freedom and self-expression is anything but a straight line.
Back When They Called It ‘Gay Cancer’
In the early 1980s, LGBTQ people grew increasingly worried about 'gay cancer'; but many wrote it off as a government-led conspiracy.
A Mental Illness Diagnosis Changed My Life for the Better
After a bipolar-disorder diagnosis, Candis Y. McDow found healing and a renewed sense of purpose through therapy, medication, and writing.
The Nervousness That Came With Not Knowing
For these LGBTQ community members, the late 1970s through early 1980s was a time of first relationships and life in NYC and Seattle, set against a backdrop of uneasiness amid rumors of "weird infections."