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The article focuses on Evelyn Hooker's groundbreaking research challenging the psychiatric establishment's view of homosexuality. Topics include the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) classification of homosexuality as a mental illness, Hooker's empirical investigation showing no link between homosexuality and maladjustment, and the impact of her findings on the removal of homosexuality from the DSM in 1973.

The article addresses tension between lesbians and transgendered people in the LGBT coalition as of the early 21st century. It examines the concepts of radical feminism and lesbian feminism and a possible reconciliation between what are referred to as the L and T communities.

An essay is presented on the potential for the vote of the LGBT people to swing in the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Topics discussed include a brief outline of the use of the GLB in place for the LGBT voters in the country, their political stance, and the fluctuation in the GLB voters' number year after year.

The author reflects on anti-gay legislation and bans on obscenities in print media enacted by the government of Russia, led by President Vladimir Putin, during the 21st century. She states that while such laws claim to prevent homosexual propaganda, they are more likely restrictions on freedom of speech. Comparing the laws to that of the Soviet and Czarist eras, she argues that the laws will ultimately backfire as tourism declines and more educated Russians relocate to western Europe and the U.S.

The article reviews the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" directed by John Madden.