Elton John and partner David Furnish announced they have become parents after a surrogate mother gave birth to their son on Christmas day. But amid notes of congratulations, the New York Post has come under fire for its headline “Elton & wife proud dads.”

Out gay actor Richard Chamberlain, who kept his homosexuality a secret for decades while portraying romantic roles on television, said he doesn't advise other leading-man actors to come out.

Adele Starr, a Brentwood, Calif., mother of five who overcame dismay at her son’s homosexuality to become a leading voice for gay rights and marriage equality, and eventually the first national president of PFLAG, died Friday. She was 90.

"Love Drugged" is the story of Jamie Bates, a Chicago high school freshman who is gay but in the closet. He wants nothing more than to fit in, but when a classmate learns his secret, he fears his life will be ruined. Jamie tries to keep his cover by getting involved with a beautiful female student, and that relationship leads him to discover an untested drug that can "cure" homosexuality.

The AIDS pandemic is almost 30 years old, and in that time 60 million people have been infected with HIV, and more than 30 million people have lost their life to the most destructive epidemic in recorded history. Today is World AIDS Day.

In a new interview, Oscar nominated actor Johnny Depp reveals that Disney hated his "gay" portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, and that he once quipped to film executives that all his characters "are gay."

In a landmark study announced this week, scientists have found that Truvada -- a single daily pill containing two drugs that is currently being used by patients already infected with HIV -- actually reduces the risk of contracting the virus by at least 44%.

Today marks the 12th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.

A Kansas City, Missouri woman who allowed her 5 year old son to dress up as a female character from a television cartoon -- Daphne From "Scooby-Doo" -- for Halloween, and who had written a blog rant touched off by the severe criticism she and her son received at the Christian pre-school he attends, has caught the attention of the world.

Betty White, whose status as a gay icon dates to the mid-80’s popularity of the NBC sitcom "The Golden Girls," sat down with Parade magazine to talk her love of animals, her fans, and her belief that everyone should have the right to say “I do.”

GLAAD rebuffed a statement this week by Vince Vaughn in which the actor defended controversial dialogue in the upcoming film, "The Dilemma," and criticized Universal Pictures for not making good on its promise to pull the film's trailer from theaters.

Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka are officially dads. Harris, star of CBS' How I Met Your Mother announced Friday via Twitter, that twins Gideon Scott and Harper [...]

Dan Savage, the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice columnist, has a message for gay teens struggling with their sexuality, discrimination and school bullying: "It gets better." [caption id="attachment_10809" align="alignleft" [...]

Ricky Martin is set to release his memoir, Me, on November 2. Martin said in a statement Thursday that the project led him to extract memories that he had erased from his mind, and called it an "incredible spiritual journey."

Neil Patrick Harris confirmed rumors on Saturday, and announced via Twitter that he and longtime partner David Burtka are expecting twins in the fall. The pair have already started planning their baby shower.