It’s been 17 years since actor Randy Harrison landed the role of young Justin Taylor on Showtime’s groundbreaking adaptation of the British gay drama, “Queer as Folk.” For five seasons, viewers watched as Justin became entangled in a sexual relationship with an older man, defied his homophobic parents and persevered the usual angst of youth.

DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa group that advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights is turning its attention to a lesser-noticed segment of that population: the aging and elderly.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ben Carson said Sunday Muslims seeking public office must first renounce some central tenets of Islam. Otherwise, Carson said, "Why in fact would you take that chance?"

South Florida music lovers can get a sophisticated taste of the Big Apple each month at Cabaret du Jour, a new cabaret series debuting this weekend at the Tennis Club in Fort Lauderdale.

For decades, Miami Beach has been the destination for electronic music, celebrity DJs and late night dancing, but now there is a new alternative for sophisticated entertainment in SoBe.

“Sophie Tucker is inside my bones,” insists Chicago-based cabaret singer Carla Gordon. “She and I are both big Jewish girls who wanted to get away from our fathers’ businesses. As entertainers, we both get inside people’s hearts.”

The Equality Forum has come out with their annual list of icons for LGBT history month.

The only thing ordinary about Jeremy Jordan is his name. The young actor is often confused with Jeremy Jordan, the recording artist with a fleeting career in the early 1990s, and Jeremy Jordan, the male porn star.

"There was a cabaret, and there was a master of ceremonies... and there was a city called Berlin, in a country called Germany... and it was the end of the world."

— Cliff Bradshaw, the young American writer in ‘The Cabaret’

Two porn actors are suing a bondage studio claiming they contracted HIV while performing scenes.

More LGBT groups, human rights organizations and sex worker rights groups condemn the raid

After a friendship spanning 35 years, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch practically finish each other’s sentences.

Thursday, 5/22

Theater

Island City Stage closes out its season with the poignant and searing drama, “The Pride” by Alexei Kaye Campbell. Betrayal, guilt, identity and passion are at the core of the drama in “The Pride” as itunfolds separate, but parallel, love triangles between Oliver, Philip and Sylvia which alternate between 1958 and 2008. The cast includes Carbonell Award winners Michael McKeever and Bruce Linser. Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Dr. in Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $30 at IslandCityStage.org.