environmental causes

Breast health expert Dr. Susan Love announced Thursday that she was diagnosed with leukemia after a routine blood test.

Gay rights activist and advocate of the earth Amy Elizabeth Ray knows a thing or two about the perils and promises that occur within the music industry. Being one half of the celebrated folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls [Emily Saliers makes up the other half of the team], the Georgia-born singer/songwriter delights in sharing her wisdom with up-and-coming acts like out-lesbian singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile and lesbian favorite Jill Hennessy.

This week our series on women you should know looks at a distinguished scientist who has much to say about sex and gender.

With the release of her sixth solo studio album, Nostalgia, Annie Lennox opens up about her place in history as an LGBT icon, the role of art in activism, and her hope for a label-free world.

Katina Parker's passion is evident. Her passion is using a vast social network to rebuild the City of New Orleans, a feast of culture, music, food and freedom of expression that lost much of its richness in 2005’s Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. 

No, not the Heart musician nor the esteemed jazz singer; this week's woman you should know is a religious leader who's touched the hearts of many.

And how many of them do you reckon read just a little queer?

A new travel series documenting my adventures in Africa

Thomas Beatie became known as the world's first pregnant man and now he is pregnant with baby number three. Some argue that because he is a trans man, it's not the same. We are just like other American men -- nerds, cowboys, suits, metrosexuals, jocks, chauvinist pigs, etc. Maybe by admitting that, by being forced to see ourselves reflected in Beatie’s mirror, we’ll find a way to accept ourselves as we are, with all our flaws, even as we struggle to show the world our true diversity. Trans man Jacob Anderson-Minshall breaks down the Beatie debate.