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Keira Knightley on Colette as a Modern-Day Gender and Sexual Outlaw

The actress plays the legendary bisexual writer and rule-breaker in what is possibly�the queerest movie of the year.�

Ronald Reagans Daughter Discloses Rape in Defense of Christine Ford

Noting that she does not remember every detail of her attack and struggled to go forward, Patti Davis stands by Brett Kavanaugh's accuser.

Values Voter Summit Speakers Stand Behind Kavanaugh, Praise Trump

Speakers dismiss sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee and say Trump has created a "golden time."

Laramie Revisited: LGBTQ Icons Honor Matthew Shepard

Billy Porter, Adam Rippon, and Asia Kate Dillon are some of the stars taking part in a history-making live reading of�The Laramie Project.

Wisconsin School District Ignored Antigay Bullying, Lawsuit Says

Guadalupe Paredes claims he was even told not to bring complaints to one administrator who was "not comforable" with his "kind."

Behind the scenes of 'Madam Secretary' during a day of historic cameos

For some advice on a delicate situation, Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord is going to turn to three people who know what it's like to deal with a tough decision on the season premiere of "Madam Secretary."

The Brief Battle of Prestonpans (1745)

England's King James II may have been deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, but he was not without supporters. These supporters, the Jacobites, spent the next six decades unsuccessfully fighting to restore him—and, later, his descendants—to the throne. Their final major attempt, the Forty-five Rebellion, began auspiciously for the House of Stuart, with a victory at Prestonpans, Scotland. The battle was won in mere minutes. How many casualties did the government troops suffer in that time? Discuss

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Is Launched (1967)

By the time Cunard's RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the QE2, ocean liner was built, airplanes had already largely supplanted ships for transatlantic travel. Thus, the vessel needed to be more efficient and versatile than her predecessors in the fleet. During her 39 years in service, she completed 806 transatlantic crossings, ferrying 2.5 million passengers across nearly six million miles of ocean. During what war was she pressed into service as a troop carrier?

The Mexico City Earthquake (1985)

At 7:18 AM, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, releasing more than 1,000 times the energy of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Several hundred miles away in Mexico's capital, Mexico City, the devastation was catastrophic. Official estimates place the death toll at 10,000, but several times that number may have actually perished. Tens of thousands of others were hurt and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. Why was Mexico City so hard hit?