PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A Republican Assembly candidate who dropped out of the race after his book of rants about gays and others surfaced participated in a campaign debate anyway on Wednesday, saying he's not the same person he was when he wrote it.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State agencies have begun adding gender identity to their data collection, part of an effort Gov. Andrew Cuomo says will help the state better meet the needs of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender New Yorkers.

A closer look at the recently passed $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill shows former Congressman Ted Deutch delivered a parting gift to Wilton Manors.

Coming out as nonbinary, I didn’t think hair would be such an issue for me. And yet, here I am.

Ten years ago, if you asked me about clothing, I would have sprouted out the usual mantra given to midwestern kids: “Boys wear suits and girls wear dresses.” 

COVID has ravaged America and the world for a year and a half and South Florida has been a “hot spot” for much of that time, and never more so than right now.

Transgender activist Dawn Munro pointed out her regular seat at Fergie’s Pub; it was two from the end that’s closest to the bathrooms.

In most conversations regarding equal rights among LGBT communities, immigrant and people of color (POC) voices often go unheard as well as what they experience in a southern red state.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Civil liberties advocates are praising the state of Rhode Island for making it easier for transgendered residents to change their gender designation on their birth certificates.

(PGN) Sarah Gow moved into a quaint house in the 700 block of Main Street in Collegeville this week for the start of her junior year at Ursinus College. The English major will live with 12 other people of all genders in Queer House.

Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzalez says his proposal to have gender-neutral bathrooms does not mean men and women would have to share a restroom.

Students who use Facebook no longer have to choose between being male and female. In fact, now they can choose from more than 50 new gender options.

A public swimming pool outside the Swedish capital is reopening this weekend after building a third changing room, for people with a "neutral gender identity."

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system's 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.

(AP) Britain's advertising watchdog says commercials depicting hapless husbands and housework-burdened moms may be bad for the nation's health.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The University of South Dakota plans to offer gender-neutral housing this fall, making it the first college in the state to offer accommodation for transgender students.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ Virginia Tech will allow opposite-sex roommates to live together for the first time beginning this fall under a new pilot program announced this week.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — West Hollywood this week begins requiring gender-neutral restrooms under a law that aims to make those with a non-traditional "gender identity" more welcome.

Attitude. Outfits. And Hair. Big, show-stopping hair! “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is back with 13 queens for Season 13, and the only things more fierce than the contestants are the challenges blindsiding them from the moment they strut on set.