Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) have gotten a bad rap from Homo sapiens, the species that competed with them and eventually replaced them.

[Editor’s note: As this story was being written, SFGN received word David Leddick had died]. I met David Leddick during the “gay nineties,” soon after he began his career as a writer.

During the recent unpleasantness that was the 2016 presidential election much was made of the fact that the vast majority of newspapers endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton against the winning Republican, Donald Trump. A major exception, one that was ignored by the media, probably did more for Trump than all the New York Times or Washington Posts did for Clinton. Though it would be too much to claim that the National Enquirer carried the election for Trump, it certainly did much to express Middle America’s feelings for the Republican candidate.

On September 28, 2021, Tommy Kirk died at his home in Las Vegas. He was 79.

When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, it unleashed a wave of worldwide sympathy not seen since the World Wars of the previous century.

When Joseph R. Biden became president of the United States, he was 78 years old.

I’ve spent a lot of time lately reflecting on our city’s tagline of “Life is just better here.”

An Oakland Park man was arrested after allegedly stealing more than $17,000 worth of power tools from at least 11 Home Depot stores in Broward County.

Pridelines, an LGBT youth services organization in Miami, is looking to raise $100,000 in July to support their continuing programs.

There are not a whole lot of queer anthologies exploring the LGBT community, and thus "This is Our Rainbow" edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby was born.

An earlier version of this article appeared in “Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context,” edited by Vern L. Bullough, Harrington Park, 2002.

MOSCOW -- On a frigid evening on the outskirts of Moscow, two HIV-prevention activists unzip backpacks, pull out packs of hypodermic needles and start discretely approaching people leaving a nearby pharmacy with an offer that could save their lives.

Sometimes, there’s so much news coming across my desk that I just have to share the info to clear some space.

The Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA) in Fort Lauderdale recently received a $50,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to digitize its collection and update information systems. 

The Dream of a gay nation was born in the “heroic age” that followed the Stonewall Uprising (1969-1971), when militants tried to imitate the work of Zionists and other nationalists to create an autonomous “gay nation.”

In 2008, a coalition of women, racial minorities, environmentalists, labor unions, civil libertarians, antiwar activists and LGBT people helped elect Barack Obama President of the United States, along with a large Democratic majority in the Senate and House of Representatives.

Two weeks before Hillary Clinton lost the presidential race to alpha male Donald Trump, the United Nations named the feminist icon Wonder Woman honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls.