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In an effort to educate the next generation of LGBT leaders, The Point Foundation’s Cornerstone Event brought donors, students and mentors together.

In an effort to cultivate young leaders of the LGBT community, the Hispanic and Black Gay Coalition is launching a New Leaders Institute.

Frank Kameny, who became a pioneer in the gay rights movement after he was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being gay, has died at his home in Washington. He was 86.

Toronto is a city of colorful characters, one that celebrates a gay magistrate accused of too closely examining the nether regions of three youthful male suspects, a founding father whose property now comprises the Gay Village. How gay is that?

For a time, it looked as though Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier would go down rather dubiously as the Susan Luccis of the New England culinary scene, despite having been praised by the legendary Julia Child, The New York Times, and Bon Appétit.

Gay executives and other public figures are still in hiding. What’s the true cost of the closet, when talented leaders are afraid to be honest--and outed leaders feel compelled to step down?