LGBT folks are fighting discrimination in the workplace, in video games and at Pride, oh my!

Marissa Alexander needs to be free, Google needs to stop blocking the word ‘bisexual,’ and you need to see this cute pic of Shane.

LGBT people are leaving some of America’s famously gay neighborhoods but cool projects are highlighting feminism, queer families in children’s books, and masculine of center fashion.

When identity terms get thrown in the pressure cooker.

President Obama is puttin’ his rainbow mardi gras beads on, Rachel Jeantel has a diploma (bitches!), and also: A BEAR IN A HAMMOCK. IMPORTANT.

Here’s the news we missed while I was freaking out about a potential technological disaster.

Wisconsin’s Janesville School District issued an apology for showing a pro-marriage-equality video without also showing an anti-equality rebuttal. When it comes to educating kids, though, that kind of “fairness” doesn’t help anyone.

Less than five percent of LGBT people donate to LGBT organizations. Now is a good time to change that, and the need to support non-mainstream organizations has never been more clear.

A ruling in Lebanon shows that progress for LGB and trans* communities can occur simultaneously instead of hierarchically.

When we hear about legislation like the 2014 Farm Bill, we don’t and we won’t hear the mainstream media talking about queer people.

It’s TIME to recognize super cool artists and activists, fight the wrongful imprisonment of transgender youth, and watch some neat documentaries.

They are both really good at speeches.

In a surprise turn of events, Guinness announced on Sunday that it will be pulling sponsorship from New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade on Monday, in support of LGBT groups. It joins Heineken and Sam Adams, who had earlier pulled their sponsorship from New York and Boston parades respectively.

The attack of this woman just nine days after she made her girlfriend her wife in the eyes of the law brings into sharp relief the problem with the LGBT movement focusing so intensely on marriage.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, announced the creation of a Lesbian Leadership Council that would focus on cultivating lesbian participation in the Democratic party, which has had a broader LGBT leadership council since 2000.

In Nicaragua, homosexuality is decriminalized, but queer people have few legal protections. This project provides a new avenue for people to understand the experiences of Nicaraguan lesbians.

The more we talk about things, the better they get. 2013 was proof.

From Russia to Pennsylvania, we’re all just trying to spoon.

Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.

Carly and Robin got married, I’m Thinkin’ Bout Booze, and it’s Trans* Awareness Week! Plus, more gay people are getting elected to things.