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In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association made the landmark decision to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental disorders. It had classified same-sex attraction as a “sociopathic personality disturbance” in its first edition, which was published in 1952.

Amanda Bearse, perhaps most recognized for her role as Marcy D’Arcy on “Married With Children,” is joining Billy Eichner and the rest of the LGBTQ principal cast in Universal Picture’s history-making film ‘Bros,’ the first studio production to be feature an all LGBTQ+ principal cast. Photo: Richard Dickey.

Tanya Saracho is photographed on the set of “Vida” during filming of season two. Photo: Starz.

Former California Highway Patrol officer Jay Brome has received a settlement of $2.2 million in a lawsuit he brought against the CHP, saying his coworkers made his life on the job miserable because he’s gay.

Colman Domingo will star in “Rustin,” the Netflix biography movie centered on trailblazing civil rights and gay rights activist Bayard Rustin, the Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday.

Toni Newman, who identifies as transgender, has been announced as the interim CEO of the Black AIDS Institute. Photo: Toni Newman.

Kehinde Wiley’s “A Portrait of a Young Gentleman,” in the middle, is seen in an installation view in the Thornton Portrait Gallery at © The Huntington. Photos: Joshua White.

Lifetime unveiled its 2021 holiday movie schedule Tuesday, including the channel’s first lesbian romance. The movie is called “Under the Christmas Tree.” Photo: Lifetime.

It’s time to add another groundbreaking queer holiday rom-com to your holiday watch list with the short film “The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night” from writer Kausar Mohammed (“East of La Brea”) and director Fawzia Mirza (“Signature Move”). The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11.

Elvira has come out of the darkness of the coffin. 

Hermosa Beach’s Pride Lifeguard Tower was unveiled June 26. Photo: Michael Owen Baker.

California will be the first state in the nation to track violent deaths, including suicides and homicides, among the LGBTQ community, thanks to a new bill that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022.

Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 will be required for anyone 18 and over who wants to enter certain businesses or a city facility in West Hollywood starting next month, according to an emergency executive order issued Friday. The order was issued because the rate of the COVID-19 delta variant remains high in Los Angeles County, the city said. Photo: Jon Viscott/City of West Hollywood

The Human Rights Campaign has fired Alphonso David, right, who had been the organization’s president since 2019 and was being widely criticized for helping former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, respond to sexual harassment accusations. Photo: YouTube screenshot.

After announcing earlier this summer that they were expecting, Pete and Chasten Buttigieg have now revealed the birth of their two children. It is assumed that the children are twins.

Protesters march in Long Beach for renters’ rights on Jan. 20, 2015. Photo: Ron Javorsky

Karl Schmid is the editorial director of +Life, a digital platform that shares information and inspiration for people living with HIV and the people who support them. Its mission is to end the stigma associated with being HIV positive. Photo: +Life

Singer Beverly Shaw, a nightclub pioneer, identified as a lesbian, owned the upscale lesbian space Club Laurel in the 1950s. Club Laurel opened in 1957 and was one of the earliest lesbian nightclubs in the San Fernando Valley. It was located on Ventura Boulevard. Photo: ONE Archives at USC Libraries.

Singer Beverly Shaw, a nightclub pioneer, identified as a lesbian, owned the upscale lesbian space Club Laurel in the 1950s. Club Laurel opened in 1957 and was one of the earliest lesbian nightclubs in the San Fernando Valley. It was located on Ventura Boulevard. Photo: ONE Archives at USC Libraries.

Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles will transform into a three-day queer extravaganza this week for DTLA Proud Festival 2021.

George Kotsiopoulos (left), Stephanie Schestag (center), and Rob Novinger are business partners in Or Bar, a new West Hollywood gay bar that has taken over the space that formerly housed Gold Coast. Photo: Instagram.

The Commerce Department is in charge of administering the Census and collecting the data. Photo: Facebook.

“Swan Song,” the Todd Stephens movie starring Udo Kier and inspired by a flamboyant hairdresser in Stephens’ hometown of Sandusky, Ohio, is available starting today via video on demand. The movie also stars Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, and Jonah Blechman.

Members of MetroDC PFLAG march in the 2019 Capital Pride Parade in Washington DC. Photo: MetroDC PFLAG.

“Q-Force,” Netflix’s animated adult-comedy series, is about a group of undervalued LGBT superspies, including Steve Marywhether (also known as Agent Mary), a gay secret agent who is like James Bondsque, who try to prove themselves on personal and professional adventures.

Billie Jean King, second from left, and her long-time girlfriend Ilana Kloss, met the press Sept. 21, 2018, at Dodger Stadium to announce they will be part owners of the team. Mark Walter, left, of Guggeheim Partners who structured the deal, and Stan Kasten, Dodgers’ CEO, right, join King and Kloss. In her upcoming book “All In,” King reveals that she and Kloss were married in 2018, but only three people knew it. Photo: Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers

Actor Elliot Page will receive Outfest’s Achievement Award during the LGBTQ film festival’s closing night gala Aug. 22. Photo: Wynne Neilly

The Commerce Department is in charge of administering the Census and collecting the data. Photo: Facebook.

The Black Nite Brawl took place August 5, 1961, at a Milwaukee bar that catered to the LGBTQ community. Four sailors went to the bar on a dare and were chased off by a patron, Josie Carter, described as a gender-nonconforming Black queen. Photo: Michail Takach and Don Schwamb.

A person watching the LA Pride Parade on June 10, 2018, waves a California flag with the added Pride colors. Photo: Jon Viscott/City of West Hollywood

A person watching the LA Pride Parade on June 10, 2018, waves a California flag with the added Pride colors. Photo: Jon Viscott/City of West Hollywood

Jenni Olson, an award-winning filmmaker and an expert on media and technology, has been named social media safety program director at GLAAD, the LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization announced Thursday. Photo: Mike Kepka.

After largely virtual proceedings last year due to the pandemic, the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival will once again screen nearly 200 films in venues across the City of Angels. It will run from August 13 to 22. Photos: Outfest

Ed Buck (center), a one-time celebrated and sought-after donor to the Democratic candidates and elected officials in California, was found guilty Tuesday of nine felonies, including two counts of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death. One count for the 2017 death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore (left) and one for the death of 55-year-old Timothy Dean (right) in 2019. Photos: Facebook

LGBTQ+ rights activists in California say they will challenge an appeals court decision that struck down part of a state law meant to protect LGBTQ+ nursing home residents by prohibiting staff from these care facilities from using anything other than the resident’s self-determined name and pronouns. The court’s ruling came from a panel of three judges: Elena J.

For the second time in less than a month, an anti-trans protest erupted into violence outside Wi Spa, a Koreatown spa that has defended its trans-inclusive policy. This image is a photo of one of their interior spaces in the spa. Photo: Wi Spa Facebook.