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Free speech organizations are sounding the alarm over a recent decision by Comraine, Michigan's District Library Board of Trustees to circumvent its own review process and move dozens of LGBTQ+ books
Out soccer star Megan Rapinoe slammed the movement to ban transgender girls from sports as a "witch hunt" and "manufactured issue" over which "women and girls will suffer the most." In an op-ed for Ma
During an appearance on Real America's Voice, Sen. Ron Johnson (R- WI) commented on the bizarre "proof of life" photo released by the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has not been seen in pu
A community in East Toronto has come together to support the LGBTQ+ community after a student-created pride display at an elementary school was set on fire earlier this month. Hundreds of students fro
Social media is eviscerating anti-trans activist Riley Gaines after she tried to compare the moment Kamala Harris made a moving speech to a WNBA team to the time FBI Director Kash Patel partied in the
Mexico's first out gay mayor was shot to death on July 7 while exiting an ice cream shop in the city of Guadalajara. 59-year-old Benjamín Medrano Quezada served as mayor of Fresnillo, Zacatecas, from
Amidst Russia's crackdown on so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda, television viewers in the country noticed the censorship of a rainbow in a famous episode of the children's cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. In
Trans Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) recently spoke about her high hopes for Democrats in the midterm elections this November. In a Tuesday interview with Out, McBride said she's "determined to enter a Dem
During an appearance on Fox News last night, anti-LGBTQ+ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) spoke with host Sean Hannity about what Hannity called a "mass migration" of conservative voters moving from blue
Jerusalem's LGBTQ+ community is mourning the closure of the city's only gay bar, which bid farewell to patrons at the end of June. Video Pub has been a haven for LGBTQ+ Israelis and tourists for the p
During a heated hearing before the Congressional House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, three Democratic governors – Kathy Hochul of New York, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, and Tim Walz of Minn
The Idaho-based nonprofit Trans Affirm has released an "Inclusive Bathroom Map" to help trans people in the state find safe restrooms as they live under what advocates have called "the most extreme an
MSNBC's Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough was in hysterics while discussing Attorney General Pam Bondi's explanation for why a full minute is missing from the surveillance tape outside the cell of the
A video is circulating on social media of Donald Trump seemingly defending Graham Platner, who stepped down Wednesday night as Maine's Democratic Senate candidate after a woman he used to date credibl
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A first-of-its-kind research review has found that pregnant trans men may be more likely to miscarry than pregnant cis women, though researchers emphasized that much more data is needed to draw any st
Former Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner officially dropped out of Maine's race Wednesday night in response to a woman he dated credibly accusing him of raping her in 2021. The rape accusatio
Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines went on a seemingly random transphobic rant against actor Elliot Page on Tuesday, after a fellow anti-trans activist posted a paparazzi video of Page signing autograph
A U.K. appeals court began proceedings on Wednesday over the country of Trinidad and Tobago's colonial-era gay sex ban that remains in effect today. The lawsuit was brought in 2017 by LGBTQ+ activist
Florida's so-called Stop WOKE Act, championed by anti-LGBTQ+ Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), received a major blow on Tuesday, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2022 injunction again
A transgender influencer refused to let Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) have the last word after the anti-trans congresswoman publicly bullied her. Sabre, who goes by Bottleneckloser on Instagram, recently pos
Amid calls for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop out of the race after a sexual assault allegation, one Republican's take on the matter has sent social media into a frenzy. Duri
A gay activist who lost a landmark 2000 Supreme Court case has penned a moving letter to the 16-year-old trans plaintiff at the center of the Court's recent ruling that schools can exclude trans girls
Amid a widespread crackdown on homosexuality, the National Assembly of Senegal amended the country's Constitution to officially ban same-sex marriage and define the institution as "the union between a
In a recent press briefing, Donald Trump was speaking about the war in Iran when he mentioned the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping waterway that Iran has used as a bargaining chip in retaliat
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed a new law last week that will force trans inmates under state care to detransition. H.B. 2009 is a comprehensive appropriations bill for the Missouri Department of
Pennsylvania state Rep. Eric Davanzo (R) is making national noise over Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) asking him to change his American flag-themed outfit because i
CNN polling analyst Harry Enten recently boiled down Donald Trump's current favor with the American people to one word: "awful." At this point in his presidency, Trump has a plus-one net approval rati
Vehemently anti-trans Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) went on a bizarre and inaccurate rant about trans representation on Netflix during an antitrust hearing about the company's potential acquisition of Warne
An official statement from the Swiss city of Bern has expressed apologies to a trans woman who was forcibly removed by law enforcement from a women-only nude beach. “All persons who identify and live
Video of a couple getting engaged at a Pride-themed race in New York City is warming hearts across social media. Chris Siretz dropped to one knee at the finish line of the annual Front Runners New Yor
Donald Trump's Great American State Fair has been resoundingly mocked on social media for its low turnout, as well as the president's and his sycophants' continued claims that the event is packed with
The administration is restoring the federal program that provides emergency crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth at risk of suicide, but it may end up excluding the organization that established the progra
The Royal Family posted a photo on Tuesday featuring anti-trans Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Queen Consort Camilla of the U.K., touting their "shared passion for books and a deep commitment to
At Flags for Good, there's no month like Pride Month. “Our year is built around Pride,” founder Michael Green tells LGBTQ Nation. “That’s our Christmas.” The company, which donates one dollar to relat
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lashed out at a Fox Digital reporter with a homophobic dig about gay porn after being asked to comment on recent allegations from someone claiming to be his ex-girlfriend. Fo
Renowned political scientist Norman Ornstein expressed his complete shock at a recent underhanded move by GOP Senators that led to the simultaneous confirmation of 107 judges nominated by the presiden
Fox News continues to celebrate the "thousands" of people attending the president's Great American State Fair in D.C., despite numerous photos and videos showing that the fairgrounds have been mostly
The 38-year-old woman identified as the ringleader in the torture and murder of a 24-year-old trans man pleaded guilty to all charges on Friday and is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. Accor
The Supreme Court added six cases to its 2026-2027 docket this week, including a case that could affect minors' access to gender-affirming care. International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Fergus
Political expert Robert Reich believes the tide may finally be turning against Donald Trump. "The slumbering giant of America is awakening," wrote Reich – who served as President Bill Clinton’s secret
Fox News hosts have been brutally mocked for claiming that thousands of people attended the president's Great American State Fair in Washington, DC, over the weekend, despite footage showing mostly em
Dozens of protestors gathered outside New Hope Community Church in Palatine, IL, on Friday after the religious institution displayed a series of anti-Pride messages on an electronic sign outside the b
On Sunday, just hours before he marched in the Chicago Pride Parade, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) signed three trans rights bills into law. HB 5095 solidifies the process for trans people to correct
LGBTQ+ people in Nepal are overjoyed by a June 18th ruling by the Nepalese Supreme Court that same-sex couples deserve the same marriage rights as opposite-sex couples. “Today is a day of celebration
In a moment of resistance and queer solidarity, a drag show went on despite patrons and performers being kicked out of a bar by about 20 police officers in bulletproof vests. Police raided Pittsburgh
On Father's Day, a trans dad published a beautiful tribute to the relationship he has built with his daughter, one in which "gender was never complicated," as he explains it. In a series of cartoons f
Pop star, writer, and filmmaker Haley Kiyoko has long been cemented as a sapphic legend, referred to lovingly by her fans as the "Lesbian Jesus." The singer has been making music and music videos cele
Commentators on MSNBC could not contain their laughter after Donald Trump tried to claim that only the good parts of the economy are because of him. NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker a
Former Secretary of Transportation and likely 2028 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after an anonymous false report alleging he was a danger to his young t
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Lesbian MS NOW commentator Rachel Maddow blasted Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during her Monday broadcast for failing to secure as a crime scene the place where an ICE officer killed a 26-year-old Colombian man, identified as Sebastian Guerrero, in Biddeford, Mai
Amnesty International UK has apologized for a report it now says was published prematurely, which identified over a hundred organizations as "anti-rights," including a women's domestic abuse center founded by gender-critical activist and author JK Rowling. The Harry Potter creator founded the "women
Pete Buttigieg zoomed out on Saturday on the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's teardown of the East Wing of the White House, saying he's not as concerned about historic preservation as he is about Americans suffering the effects of historic price hikes for health insurance, all while Trump buil
Free speech organizations are sounding the alarm over a recent decision by Comraine, Michigan's District Library Board of Trustees to circumvent its own review process and move dozens of LGBTQ+ books from the children's section to the adult section without first assessing them. In 2025, a group of 1
Mexico’s first openly gay mayor was killed last week. Media reports indicate former Fresnillo Mayor Benjamín Medrano was shot to death on July 7 inside an ice cream store in Guadalajara, the country’s second-largest city that is located in Jalisco state. Fresnillo is a city in Zacatecas state. Medra
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A flood of public opposition helped stop one of the Trump administration’s most extreme attempts to force hospitals nationwide to abandon gender-affirming care for transgender young people, offering a rare and instructive victory against a federal gover
At last, there is a novel about Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn’s director and friend, George Cukor, would hate it, as would Hepburn herself, who would despise it with her trademark imperious finality. Readers, especially gays and lesbians who love their Turner Film Classics, will savor it because it rin
West Miami police arrested 38-year-old Luis Alberto Negrin on June 28 for choking, beating, and holding his male partner at gunpoint after "a revolting act during a sexual encounter," WPLG reported. Police received a report of a man “crying and bleeding in the middle of the roadway.” When officers a
Out soccer star Megan Rapinoe slammed the movement to ban transgender girls from sports as a "witch hunt" and "manufactured issue" over which "women and girls will suffer the most." In an op-ed for Marie Claire, the longtime trans rights advocate shared that a brand fired her from participating in a
After months of refusing to cooperate with state officials in Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Justice finally began turning over key evidence regarding the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) earlier this month. Over the past two weeks, feder
“I think there were a lot of LGBTQ people who felt they didn't have a place with a religious identity. And so, when we came along, they felt naturally that this is what Satanism clearly can allow for, because, unfortunately, Christian nationalism has defined itself, at least partially, by its reject
Cara Delevingne is Playboy’s first out lesbian print cover star.Appearing nude in a full pictorial photographed by Zoey Grossman, with a profile written by My Year of Rest and Relaxation author Ottessa Moshfegh, Delevingne is also making history as the first supermodel to wear the Bunny Suit on a Pl
During an appearance on Real America's Voice, Sen. Ron Johnson (R- WI) commented on the bizarre "proof of life" photo released by the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has not been seen in public since his neighbors saw him being rushed to the hospital a month ago. Many people have cast dou
These trans handypeople are going Tool 4 Tool. A new home repair company, owned by two transgender construction professionals, has opened in Atlanta, per local LGBTQ+ publication Georgia Voice. The two professionals behind the nonprofit, who go by Nicky and Sam, formerly worked as part of the organi
Ahead of the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey this week, the director responded to the backlash the film has received based on its casting and trailers. Complaints have included issues with the costuming, the us of modern language, and the casting of Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page. Nolan d
Uncloseted Media published this article on July 14. By HOPE PISONI | Jordan Korgood has come a long way. In 2023, she ran into financial difficulties while studying at Northeastern University in Boston and ended up unhoused. Ordinary shelters are hotbeds of discrimination and mistreatment for transg
Daveigh Chase, the actress best known for being the voice of Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and the creepy girl in the 2002 blockbuster, The Ring, passed away last month at age 35 from complications related to AIDS. The LA County Medical Examiner's office announced in June that Chase died on June 16
After an historic and expensive July 4th fireworks display capped Donald Trump’s self-indulgent commemoration of America’s 250th birthday, voters are now watching state races explode into political pyrotechnics as Democrats fight to win majorities in Congress and Republicans plan to keep buying powe
Conservative Christian pastor Martin Sedra of Echo Church (which is located in Sydney, Australia) ranted about how Americans made Jesus "gay" and "effeminate." Instead, Sedra argued that Jesus was actually "the most ripped guy" who "had six packs." “Americans created this gay, effeminate Christianit
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a three-part series profiling the candidates for mayor of Rehoboth Beach, Del.: Commissioners Suzanne Goode, Susan Stewart, and Craig Thier; a fourth candidate, William Raak, filed to join the race but has not responded to Blade inquiries.) Rehoboth
Women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe has long been an advocate for transgender inclusion in sports — and neither the U.S. Supreme Court nor AI-driven censorship can stop her.In a July 13 op-ed for Marie Claire condemning anti-trans legislation passed under the guise of “protecting girls,” Rapinoe detai
Ward 1 D.C. Council candidate Aparna Raj, who describes herself on her campaign website as a “renter, union member and queer woman of color,” emerged as the winner in the city’s June 16 Democratic primary. She won in a five-candidate race with 52 percent of the vote in the fourth round of the vote c
The Trump administration is backing off an attempt to force hospitals across the country – even those in blue states – to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans minors in a victory for trans rights and for the medical associations that opposed the proposed rule. In December, the Centers for M
Donald Trump is getting mocked for, according to some people, transparently making up a Democrat who wants "men playing women's sports" in order to dodge a question about the economy during an interview that aired this weekend on 60 Minutes. "Can I ask you about the economy?" reporter Norah O'Donnel
Cats is heading to the Heaviside Layer. Despite winning multiple Tony Awards and garnering a devoted following, the reimagined revival Cats: The Jellicle Ball will close its Broadway run on Saturday, August 8, per an announcement made across the show’s social media accounts on Monday evening. “Come
Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized President Donald Trump's "carnival of corruption" during his speech at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty & Justice dinner last Sunday. The speech ramped up expectations that Buttigieg may run for president in 2028. “Right now, what’s at
An LGBTQ+ community leader in Florida was arrested last Monday for allegedly misusing a nonprofit organization's funds. Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber of Commerce's former director, Jason Nunez, is accused of spending $11,097 of the organization's funds on Uber rides, gas, and haircuts, accord
Two religious parents filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Anne Arundel County Public School District of Maryland for allegedly "socially transitioning" their child with a masculine name and pronouns without notifying them. The parents, identified in court documents only as John and Jane Doe, ar
A community in East Toronto has come together to support the LGBTQ+ community after a student-created pride display at an elementary school was set on fire earlier this month. Hundreds of students from RH McGregor Elementary School helped create an intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag, made from i
I entered Club Confessions through a pussy — or rather, an opening in a giant inflatable Mistr-branded pair of legs flanked by a greeting committee of lithe gay guys clad in skimpy bodysuits. If anyone else had been DJing Saturday night, the visual would be unforgivably gauche. But this is Madonna w
Former Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is reportedly divorcing her husband, Bryon Noem, following tabloid reports of his alleged crossdressing and “bimbofication” fetishes earlier this year. In a recent interview with The Daily Mail, the former South
This story originally appeared on Out.The unexpected popularity of Heated Rivalry thrust its stars into the limelight almost overnight, but with their rise to fame came a loss of privacy that Hudson Williams is now acutely aware of.Williams is currently being escorted by a bodyguard around France's
Social media is eviscerating anti-trans activist Riley Gaines after she tried to compare the moment Kamala Harris made a moving speech to a WNBA team to the time FBI Director Kash Patel partied in the locker room with the USA Men's Hockey Team in Italy. "I haven't yet seen that video of Kamala Harri
Lawsuits in Arizona and New Hampshire challenging the states’ anti-trans sports bans are being dismissed following the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. B.P.J., which upheld such bans. While attorneys for both cases suggested their suits could continue after June 30, plaintiffs have chosen
After a month of radio silence from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) since neighbors saw him being rushed to the hospital, his office released a photo of him holding a newspaper in what is perhaps an attempt to show that he's still alive. The image, posted to his congressional webpage, shows McConnell in
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope, widely seen as a coded gay film, a bickering pair of urbanites try to keep a terrible secret during a tense dinner party. Slowly, a third party — in the form of an inquisitive Jimmy Stewart — begins to unravel them.Olivia Wilde’s masterful The Invite is kind of like strai
One night in the early 1930s, the great Jean Malin, hungry and tired, decided to stop by a cafeteria as he headed home from winning first prize at a drag ball. Still clad head to toe in drag, his flamboyance angered a group of four men inside. They threw a pitcher of hot water on him. Malin reacted
‘Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex’By Perrin Roosevelt Irelandc.2026, W.W. Norton$29.99 241 pages Birds do it. According to Cole Porter, bees do, too, but it’s not exactly what he imagined. Wild and tame, avians, insects, and mammals all have sex – although not always as you’ve bee
As the Trump administration celebrates America's historic semiquincentennial – the two and a half centuries that have passed since the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence – it's important to note that the president and his political party have spent the past several years actively erasin
Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has died, and what he has left behind is a power vacuum for his U.S. Senate seat — and within the Republican Party. The South Carolina senator had been a major part of Republican politics up until his Saturday death at his home in Washington, reportedly o
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