"I think in this day and age, it’s so important for you to be proud of who you are," Rippon told reporters last week.

With Donald Trump in office, it was a hard year for the trans community ??but there were still some hopeful signs

When August Ames killed herself following controversy on Twitter, it revealed a schism between the gay and straight communities in the porn industry

Justice Kennedy clearly tipped his hand during arguments in the 'Masterpiece Cakeshop' case Tuesday

"Coming out stories should not be used to deflect from allegations of sexual assault," GLAAD says in statement

A federal court Monday stopped the president from carrying out one of his high-profile policy changes

An openly gay man fronts Lebanon's Mashrou' Leila ? and when fans waved rainbow flags at a show outside Cairo, the arrests soon followed

"Looking back on it, it was the fear of saying the wrong thing and offending," Smith says of waiting to come out

Director and co-writer Ron Campillo packs film with emotional power during the fierce life-or-death fight for life in 1990s Paris

In the age of Trump, many are looking to Harrison to be a spokesperson for the trans community ??but she'd rather stick to absurdist humor about otters

After a 21-year-old was fatally shot by police in Atlanta, advocates say it's time for law enforcement to get training in dealing with trans people

A gay rights pioneer, she won the landmark Supreme Court case in 2013 that granted same-sex married couples federal recognition

"It's always been grassroots, it's never been mainstream," writer, media star says of the fight for trans rights

Journalist discusses failures of the U.S. media and the Democratic Party and how to survive the Trump era

"We want to show the president that we won't go down without a fight," says one attorney of Trump's recent decision to roll back transgender rights