Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Kim Petras, CupcakKe, and a Real Housewife of Salt Lake City walk under a bridge. That's not the set up for a niche Brooklyn joke, but a descirption of the 2026 LadyLand festival, where everyone from ...

University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like "gay" or "lesbian" "harms trans people" and called for abolishing sexual identities ...

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Moises Mendez II is an associate editor at Out Magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. He covers internet culture and entertainment, including television, movies, music, and more. Before joining Out, he ...

We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re… getting used to it. In 2025, LGBTQ Americans faced yet another surge of fierce attacks targeting their human rights and legal protections. Those same groups were ...

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Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) tend to be less religious than those who are not LGBT. In addition, adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual have more negative views than ...