Oct 22, 2025 · People around the world face violence and inequality—and sometimes torture, even execution—because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientation …

May 28, 2025 · During its 2020 Universal Periodic Review cycle, the United States of America (U.S.) received recommendations from Iceland, Belgium, France, and Malta regarding …

Mar 1, 2025 · Consider new research avenues. A lot of LGBTQ+ research centers on the minority stress model—the theory that high levels of stress related to stigma and discrimination put …

Mar 16, 2023 · Most historians agree that there is evidence of homosexual activity and same-sex love, whether such relationships were accepted or persecuted, in every documented culture.

Oct 7, 2025 · “Conversion therapy” claims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity—but it’s based on the false and harmful idea that being LGBTQ+ is something to cure.

Mar 1, 2025 · LGBTQ+ research tends to be scrutinized for several reasons, including the relative historical recency of this work, the fact that LGBTQ+ researchers are often part of the …

Inclusive school curriculum standards legislation includes laws that require the inclusion not only of LGBTQ+ people, history, and culture, but also Black, Native, and Indigenous people and …

Nov 19, 2024 · US President-elect Donald Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric concerning the rights of LGBT people is nothing new. His first term gives us a glimpse of what we can likely expect to …

LGBTQ+ people and other gender and sexual minorities face criminalization, systemic violence, discrimination in employment and health care, lack of legal recognition concerning their …

Heterosexism and cissexism include attitudes, behaviors, and policies that favor heterosexual and cisgender identities above all other sexual and gender identities. These attitudes, behaviors, …