The public face of sex trafficking is often a woman or a girl, but one group aims to let the public know that men and boys are also victims.

GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, announced their picks for top television series, movies and performers during a virtual, live-streamed event on Sunday, Sept. 13. 

Nobody seems to know quite how or why “The Wizard of Oz” became such an enduring part of LGBT community and culture.

More than 50 elected officials from across the country joined together Thursday night for a “Voices of Victory” broadcast presented by the LGBTQ Victory Fund.

Over 120 LGBT Latinx groups and allies have signed a statement of solidarity against violence directed at marginalized groups. 

Four years ago, 23 out-and-proud athletes competed in the London Olympics. This time around, there are nearly double.

On November 19, 2016 SFGN assigned its photographers to capture one day in the life of South Florida’s LGBT community. We also asked our readers to submit their own photos. Too often in the news we read about the famous, the politicians, or the celebrities. Rarely do we hear about the people that actually make up the LGBT community — from the bartenders, waiters and hairdressers to the retirees and drag queens. That’s why this issue celebrates the lives of the everyday LGBT person. These photos are a reminder that the LGBT community is numerous and diverse. We like to relax at the beach, walk our dogs, raise funds for charities, bike ride, shop, work, eat and play. These photos show the normality of being LGBT.  We are the same. All of us. We do the same thing. We live and enjoy the same lives as our straight counterparts. We all have more in common than we do apart. We are a part of each other.

Click Here to Check Out A Day in LGBT South Florida

2016 will go down in the LGBT history books as a year of sobering pushback against the many gains won in the years prior. In the space of 12 months, the community has gone from having the most pro-LGBT president in history to bracing for a new president who has, so far, nominated a line of cabinet secretaries who are mostly hostile to equal rights for LGBT people. It has seen the largest mass shooting in U.S. history target an LGBT nightclub and an unprecedented number of anti-LGBT bills in state legislatures.

(CNN) In a case with far-reaching implications, a federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination.The full panel of 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case, holding that plaintiff Kimberly Hively's 2014 lawsuit against Ivy Tech Community College could proceed. Hively argued that the school violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it denied the adjunct instructor full-time employment based on her sexual orientation.

When Daniel Jonas was 15 and struggling with his sexuality he turned to God.

Hungry for more gay and transgender protagonists in your television show roster? Don’t fret, because more and more information is surfacing for the second season of Netflix original Series “Sense8.”

JACKSON, Mississippi -- A national civil rights group called Human Rights Campaign faces significant challenges as it tries to make Mississippi’s legal climate more open for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is planning a series of events to attract gay tourists, who are becoming an increasingly important part of the resort's growth strategy.

(AP) Retired Democratic Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank and the Maine Justice Foundation are holding an event in Portland to launch a new fund designed to help gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people access civil legal aid.

It was a torrent of doughnuts and coffee that kicked off the LGBT-rights movement.

In his book, “Blind: A Memoir” Belo Miguel Cipriani recalls the harrowing night in 2007 when he lost his sight. He was 26 years old at the time. A group of childhood friends attacked him, seemingly for no reason. They beat him and kicked him repeatedly and mercilessly. One of those kicks destroyed his eyes.

This year, 2013, was a queer year for film. Interestingly, and perhaps significantly, the most memorable films and performances did not feature gay men, as is usually the case. This year, queer-themed films showcased a heartbreaking turn by Jared Leto as a transsexual with HIV in “Dallas Buyers Club;” Lindsay Lohan engaging in some naughty bisexual misbehavior in “The Canyons;” and in the year’s most incredible film—the three-hour French lesbian romance, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” — a spectacular performance by Adéle Exarchopoulos as a young adult coming of age and to terms with her sexual identity.

Local theatergoers will have their pick of both new works and an overdue revival opening this weekend.

(AP) The conflict between religious freedom and gay rights has a new battleground -- California's religious colleges and universities.

A Black woman was swimming. The police were called. She was kicked out.

NEW YORK (AP) — June is Pride Month. Here are some book suggestions for parents, kids and teens on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning gender experience.

(AP) Robert Gates became the Boy Scouts of America’s president facing deep divisions within the organization’s membership over whether to let gays serve openly in its ranks.

More LGBT characters are making it onto the silver screen than ever before, but that representation doesn’t always last. A study by GLAADconfirmed over 25 lesbian and bisexual female characters have been killed off on television shows this year — sending a message that LGBT people are disposable. Here are five of those characters who died on television in 2016. Major spoilers below.

(WM) California has moved closer to a first-in-the-nation law requiring corporate boards to include racial or sexual minorities, expanding on a new law that sets a similar requirement for including women directors.

Like it or not, LGBT people are a part of history. Now California is encouraging schools to make that a known fact.

Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has HIV.

(WB) “So ask yourself, do you believe in life after Trump?”

After a five-day stint in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will return to work as soon as Friday to face another day of reckoning.

Parallel paths, different results

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a prime example of how not to please anyone when it comes to LGBTQ representation in children’s media. After enormous hoopla over the first gay character in a Disney film — who would have, director Bill Condon said, an “exclusively gay moment”—the moment was too brief and inconclusive for me as a queer person to celebrate. At the same time, the mere announcement of a gay character inflamed many conservatives.