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Jon Stewart received mountains of praise Friday for his interview with Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who supported state legislation denying anyone under 18 years old access to gender-affirming treatments.

Janelle Monáe will receive the Trailblazer Award at the Outfest Legacy Awards this month. Photo: Jheyda Mcgarrell

Anthony Bowens had an inspirational message for fans after his historic wrestling win last week.Bowens, who came out in 2017, became the first out gay champion in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) history on Sept. 21 when he and wrestling partner Max Caster won the AEW World Tag Team championships. Photo: Instagram

Bisexual men and women experience less workplace discrimination than their gay and lesbian colleagues, but that figure could be due to more bisexual people are in the closet at the office, according to a new study.

When he was an undergrad at Harvard, author and historian Eric Cervini’s first encounter with queer history surprisingly did not come from a book.

Halim Dhanidina did something that lawyers and LGBTQ+ advocates in Long Beach had attempted for more than 50 years —  He helped put the nail in the coffin of the Police Department’s odious practice of targeting and discriminating against gay men in lewd conduct stings.

Prudence Fenton wants to preserve Allee Willis’ spectacular North Hollywood residence — a pink, 1937 Streamline Moderne house she called Willis Wonderland — as a 21st century museum that will support and educate songwriters and multimedia artists from underprivileged communities.

All Worlds Resort, the clothing optional destination in Palm Springs for gay men, has closed its indoor maze, and night passes are not available to purchase “until the monkeypox vaccine becomes available in our area,” according to a notice on its website. Photo: All Worlds Resort

As the new board chair for the ONE Archives Foundation, Chiedu Egbuniwe is dedicated to making sure the LGBTQ+ history repository — the largest in the world — represents the full diversity of the community. Photo: Jon Didier

We need to have a tough conversation about monkeypox. For the record, this isn’t easy, and it’s not exactly one I’m excited to have. That said, let’s talk about monkeypox nudging closer to being called a sexually transmitted infection, or STI.

Kelli Evans has been nominated as a California Supreme Court associate justice. If confirmed, she will be the first self-identified lesbian and second Black person to serve on the bench. Photo: Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Sarah-Joy Ford, left, is the artist behind the exhibit “Looking for Lesbians.” It was inspired by the ONE Archives lesbian pulp collection. Alexis Bard Johnson, right, curated the show. Photos: Alexis Bard Johnson.

Lil Nas X was awarded the inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award in September from the advocacy group The Trevor Project. Photo: The Trevor Project.

When Maybelle Blair joined the women’s baseball league that inspired the film and TV series “A League of Their Own,” she wondered if she’d be the only gay woman there. It didn’t take long for her to learn she’d truly found a league of her own.

For the gay patrons of the Black Cat tavern in Silver Lake, it was a rotten way to start 1967.

Women participate in the 2014 Long Beach Dyke March. Photo: Yvette Jessica.

“Arena A House Musical” is based on the house music of the 1990s that was pumped at the legendary Arena nightclub in Hollywood.

Monkeypox virus has been in the news as the number of cases in the Los Angeles area and across the country is on the rise, according to data from the California Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“I hid for 75, 85 years and this is actually basically the first time I’ve ever come out,” said Maybelle Blair, 95, who came out publicly for the first time during the Tribeca Festival premiere of the Amazon Studios series “A League of Their Own.” Blair was a member of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League that the 1992 film and the new series are based. Photo: Screenshot from Instagram page of Amazon Studios series “A League of Their Own.”

President Joe Biden issued an executive order Wednesday to counter what he called discriminatory legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community by Republican-controlled states.

Andrew Ahn has the fall of Quibi to thank for being the director of “Fire Island.”

Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert, waving at the 2019 Long Beach Pride Parade, supported prosecuting a controversial lewd conduct arrest of a gay men in public restroom, but a Long Beach Superior Court judge threw out the case during a preliminary hearing and had scathing remarks for the city prosecutor’s handling of the case.In his ruling, the judge said the only way Haubert could justify the police tactics and prosecute the case was “in the rhetoric of homophobia that seeks to portray homosexual men as sexual deviants and pedophiles.” Photo: Q Voice News

Judi Doyle’s achievements were recognized in 2015 when she was honored at Harvey Milk Park and her name inducted into Equality Park. The space is reserved for LGBTQ+ people in the Long Beach area who have fought against discrimination and for equal rights. Photo: Brennan Doyle

Queer Latinx musicians, including DJ Cocteautwinks, will headline part of the Broad’s summer art series “Now We’re Here” in June. Photo: The Broad

The Outfronts will celebrate all things queer on TV.

Longtime activist Urvashi Vaid, a leader of many LGBTQ+ and other social justice organizations, has died at age 63.

Before Johnny Sibilly was an out-and-proud star of game-changing LGBTQ+ shows like “Pose,” “Hacks,” and the “Queer as Folk” reboot, he was an actor in a class, trying to find his voice and place in the entertainment industry.

Iggy Azalea will headline Long Beach Pride in July. Photo: Thom Kerr.

A settlement has been reached between the University of Southern California and the former students, many of them gay and bisexual men, who say they were victims of sexual misconduct by a university doctor. Photo: USC.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón, left, swears in members of his LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Photo: LA County District Attorney’s Office.

Actress, singer, author, teacher, and HIV activist Alexandra Billings has long been blazing trails. She became one of the first out trans actresses to play a trans role on television, in the 2005 TV prequel “Romy and Michele: In the Beginning.”

“Bridgerton” — Netflix’s hit period production about upper-class courtship in England’s Regency era — is a world populated with sparkling balls, intricate courtship rituals, extravagant attire, and insidious gossip. And, apart from the Julia Quinn novels, there’s a surprising inspiration for it: West Hollywood. 

Andi Mudryk is the first openly transgender judge appointed to the judicial bench in California. She will serve in Sacramento County Superior Court. Photo: Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom

The Violence Against Women Act, reauthorized in the spending bill signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden, for the first time includes a grant program designed to aid LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Photo: iStock.

The LA Pride Parade will take place in Hollywood, returning to the area where it began more than 50 years ago.

Christina Aguilera will headline LA Pride in the Park June 11 at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Photo: NBC