The furor over 'Beauty and the Beast' sidekick Le Fou ignores the way Disney has subtly represented LGBT people throughout the company's 93-year history.

But the road from cartoonish, even offensive LGBT characters to today's nuanced, realistic ones has been a very long one. Video games have been exploring sexual orientation for decades.

To ensure things ran full-steam ahead, billionaire George Soros, through his Foundation to Promote Open Society, dedicated at least $2.7 million to the cause that year, according to his tax returns.

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia is the oldest and possibly largest LGBT bookstore in the nation. And now, after four decades, it’s closing.

Capturing the vibrant life of LGBT activist Marsha P. Johnson Multidisciplinary artist Tourmaline talks with The Washington Post about her new biography of a New York City legend. May 31, 2025 ...

After making it through decades of stereotyping as villains or tragic figures, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters often ended up being corralled into a relatively limited range of ...

Armistead Maupin created a visionary portrait of queer community with his San Francisco-based franchise. Now it’s back in a TV reboot, and as inspiring as ever, writes Hugh Montgomery.

Characters in Dragon Ball often borrow techniques from others, showing evolution in fighting styles. Kid Buu's chaotic mimicry of Instant Transmission and Cell's use of Kamehameha add a sinister ...

The progressive values of the show seem to have faltered—and even started falling behind the mainstream—by failing to add LGBT members to the crew of the Enterprise.

Thou shall accept all LGBT members I will freely admit I have spent my fair share of time on Grindr and Tinder looking for my future husband. It took me a while to realize those are not the places ...