David Aruquipa and Guido Montano last week became Bolivia's first gay couple to be legally recognized.

In becoming San Diego's first gay elected mayor and first mayor of color Thursday, Todd Gloria pledged a "new era" for his Southern California city.

A trio of new out San Mateo County city council members, all young people of color, is set to bring a fresh perspective to how their municipalities are run in the coming months now that they have been seated on their governing bodies.

The Human Rights Campaign and Tent Partnership for Refugees have announced a new corporate mentorship program for LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees in North America.

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center expanded its leadership team with four new staff members last month who are eager to address the broad challenge of bringing people together while remaining physically distant due to COVID-19.

For close to 17 years Rene Spring and his husband, Mark Hoffmann, have called Morgan Hill home. And during that time the bedroom community south of San Jose has seen rapid development of new homes and businesses.

My top pick for a cannabis holiday gift is an extravagant gadget that in the long run could slash your monthly pot bill. And if your holiday gift lists has lower price points, we have those suggestions too.

Rainbow Railroad, an international organization based in Toronto that helps LGBTQI people seek safe haven from violence and persecution, is about halfway through its #60in60 campaign to raise $600,000 in the last 60 days of 2020 to save 60 lives.

The Dutch government has apologized and offered reparations to transgender people who suffered under The Netherlands' Transgender Act.

In the early 1980s, a friend of mine let me borrow a vinyl record of theirs: the "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Monty Python's Life of Brian."

As the number of out LGBTQ people winning elective office continues to grow around the Bay Area, San Francisco is seeing a decline.

Illuminate SF Festival of Light has added some temporary light artworks to its many others to brighten nights as the days get shorter.

Transgender homicides continued to trend upward around the world, according to Transgender Europe's annual Trans Murder Monitoring report released November 20, the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Preliminary numbers show the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic and its changes to daily life are having on LGBTQ people — and suggest lessons that can be learned from the fight against HIV/AIDS.