A group of lawmakers in Elizabeth, N.J., authorized plans to build a monument to transgender civil rights activist…

“The things Angelica did: THAT,” said The Root’s Entertainment Writer Tonja Stidhum upon seeing Angelica Ross’ new…

If you happened to venture to Google this morning, no doubt you caught a glimpse of an American hero—one who is…

Two transgender women, one of them a Black Army veteran and lung cancer survivor, have filed suit against the Trump…

More than 15,000 people, all wearing white, came together in front of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City on Sunday…

On a weekend when members of the LGBTQ community—as well as decent people in general—are mourning the killings of…

When black people and our allies take to the streets tonight in protest—as we have on previous nights past and as we…

Two police officers in Kansas City, Mo., are finally facing assault charges for using excessive force on a black…

If you know The Glow Up, you know we are huge fans of the hit FX series Pose and its incredible cast and crew. In…

The Truth Awards were created to celebrate the accomplishments of the black LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and on…

I really don’t understand transphobes’ devotion to not using someone’s preferred pronouns. It’s literally one of the…

So…

After being torched on Thursday following a tangent she went on — telling men to stop wearing dresses — Wendy…

So by all accounts, medical professionals and researchers have come to the conclusion that transgender people are…

It has only been three days and Black History Month has already gotten off to a solid start this year.

The Republican party is continuing its assault on anyone who’s not a straight, cisgender, white man. Their current…

For the past two years, Diamond Stylz and her podcast co-hosts Mia Sloan and Zahir Alexander have been providing…

Awards season is buzzing and it’s time for GLAAD (formerly known as the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)…

This year has been a groundbreaking one for black women in the world of beauty pageants—a forum that sparks…

To date, 22 trans or gender-nonconforming people have been murdered in 2019; a majority of them black trans women.…