LGBTQ

There’s no hate crime charge — because queer and trans people aren’t a protected class in Pennsylvania.

In a case stemming from a brutal rape at a Philly school, the Pa. Supreme Court said minors deserve more time to bring discrimination lawsuits.

The FDA still limits gay men who've recovered from COVID-19 from donating their plasma. It's a relic of the 1980s HIV epidemic advocates say should be a thing of the past.

The 34-year-old public health student hopes to go into local government.

Men can’t give blood, or plasma for COVID patients, if they’ve had sex with men in the past 3 months. Some hope to reverse what they see as anti-gay bias.

WHYY youth intern Maizy Mennuti talks with LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and the professionals who support them.

“Dominique was always one to give, no matter what she had,” said Fells’ mother.

Rep. Russ Diamond has been one of the loudest opponents of Dr. Rachel Levine's order requiring most people, barring a health issue, to wear a mask while in public.

Pennsylvania’s top health official on Tuesday denounced a recent series of transphobic attacks against her, saying she felt compelled to personally address the discrimination.

That's according to the second annual survey on LGBTQ youth mental health by The Trevor Project.

In his new book, poet Mark Doty traces the life and work of Walt Whitman and, in the process, examines his own experience as a writer.

The system was closed for several months, dealing a blow to the LGBTQ community.

Demonstrations for LGBTQ equality overlapped with protests against violence and systemic racism against Black people.

"Gender dysphoria is sorely misunderstood by society," Wissmath says, underscoring the role the experience plays for many, though not all, trans people.

LGBTQ Pride is turning 50 this year a little short on its signature fanfare, after the pandemic drove it to the internet and calls for racial equality.