A few weeks ago a report came out of Chechnya that shocked LGBT communities and human rights activists worldwide. Russian reporter Novaya Gazeta released an article detailing the horrific detainment of 100 men detained in modern-day concentration camps under the suspicions of being gay. Reports state that of those 100 men, 3 have been killed thus far. At least two separate concentration camps have been confirmed in Argun and Zozin-Jurt; former military bases. Chechen leader R

So you finally meet a guy, work up the courage to ask him out, and he says "yes", but when you finally meet up for dinner at that expensive restaurant you've been saving for all week, you realize half-way through trying to decide what to eat that there just isn't a connection between you and the guy. How often has this happened to you? Given the ease of online dating apps like Grindr, Scruff, and Tinder I'm going to guess that it's happened to most gay men at least once. But

Comic books have always been a great place for expression and progressivism. Just take the internationally recognized—and popular—X-Men, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the early 1960’s. The X-Men are often credited with being a direct commentary on the LGBT community and the HIV/AIDs epidemic of the 1970s. Many of the parallels between the mutants of the X-Men universe and the lives of the gay men and women of the 70s and 80s can be found within the glossy pages of the

Anyone who has ever read a book or watched a movie with an LGBT focus knows the two sad truths prevalent within them all; they’re usually sad and they’re usually about the difficulty of coming out. Don’t get me wrong; coming out stories are incredibly vital to showing individuals that they aren’t alone in their trials, that there are others in the world who don’t just sympathize but truly empathize with—and can relate to—their struggles. But message is received when all the n