
Inside the largest queer event at New York Fashion Week
Photographer Andrew Boyle captured some of the characters whose diversity gave life to the VERGE New York Fashion Week show.
We talked to sex worker advocates about the potential impact of the NYPD's Rentboy.com raid

This morning, the NYPD arrested Jeffrey Hurant, the CEO of male escort advertising site Rentboy.com, along with six employees.
John Oliver takes on the lingering presence of legal LGBT discrimination in the US

"The Constitution isn't the star in Super Mario Brothers. It doesn't make you invincible so you can just do whatever the fuck you want."
Watch the first trailer for 'About Ray,' a movie starring Elle Fanning as a transitioning teen

A new film, About Ray, stars actress Elle Fanning as Ray, a teenager who must navigate transitioning into a male identity.
Petition circulating to boycott "whitewashed" Stonewall Riots film

Yesterday, the first trailer was released for Stonewall, a fictional interpretation of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, which launched the Gay Rights movement in America, directed by Roland Emmerich.
Russia is investigating "gay emoji"

The emoji in question include the same sex kissing emoji of both genders.
Lil B admits he's transphobic: "my heart hurts because I have been cruel to people"

Last night, rapper Lil B tweeted a joke at the expense of transgender people from his popular Twitter account.
American Boy Scouts to allow gay troupe leaders

They cited the "sea change in the law with respect to gay rights," as the reason for the change.
Saudi school faces $25k fine for rainbows on exterior

A school in Saudi Arabia is facing a fine of over $25,000 for painting rainbows on its facade, as they are "emblems of homosexuality."
Miley Cyrus is "literally open to every single thing that is consenting"

Paper Magazine just published a cover story on Miley Cyrus, "perhaps her generation's most unlikely social activist" with daring, trippy, pastel-hued photos by Paola Kudacki.