Time travelers from the AIDS era
If I admit I’m HIV positive, some men immediately reject me. If I lie and say I’m HIV negative, many of those same men will gladly have unprotected sex with me. That contradiction has haunted me for y
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Rachel Maddow blasts Trump admin for instantly screwing up investigation into 11th man killed by ICE
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
JK Rowling encourages anti-trans groups to sue human rights org for labeling them "anti-rights"
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
Remember when Pete Buttigieg nailed the real reason why Donald Trump’s ballroom is so troubling?
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
Library board relocates 100+ books without review after counsel from anti-LGBTQ+ hate group
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 killed
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
Trump Administration Caves After Avalanche of Opposition to Anti-Trans Hospital Rule
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
Katharine Hepburn long faced rumors she was sexually fluid. A new novel imagines her private life.
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
Man attacks male sex partner after "revolting act" involving "fecal matter"
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
Megan Rapinoe warns trans sports bans harm all girls: "That's a feature, not a bug, of these laws"
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
Feds share key evidence in Renee Good & Alex Pretti killings after months of withholding it
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
LGBTQ+ people are finding their spiritual home with the Satanic Temple
“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 the First Out Lesbian on the Print Cover of Playboy
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
GOP Senator says the Mitch McConnell hospital photo might be fake then takes it back
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
T4T Repairs Is a Trans Construction Organization Building Community From the Ground Up
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
"Odyssey" director slams right-wing backlash to casting of Elliot Page: "He did an incredible job"
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
Democrats are trying to disqualify trans candidates. Here’s how
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
"The Ring" & "Lilo & Stitch" star Daveigh Chase passed away due to AIDS
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
Political drama in Angie Craig’s Minn. Senate race heats up
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
Jesus "had six packs!" Conservative pastor rages at "gay, effeminate" Jesus images
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
Suzanne Goode wants efficient spending, better infrastructure for Rehoboth
(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
Megan Rapinoe Says She Lost Brand Deal After AI Software Flagged Her Trans Allyship as “Risk”
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
Aparna Raj expected to become second LGBTQ member of D.C. Council
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
Trump backs off attempt to nationally ban hospitals from providing trans care
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
Remember when Trump was mocked for apparently making up a Democrat to get mad at?
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
If Cats: The Jellicle Ball Can’t Stay Open on Broadway, What Can?
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
Pete Buttigieg blasts Trump's "carnival of corruption": "The American dream. It is endangered."
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
LGBTQ+ community organizer arrested for allegedly using company card for haircuts
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
Religious parents sue school district for respecting their child's gender identity
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 Pride display created by little kids was set on fire. The community is fighting back in full force
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
Madonna’s Knockdown Center Set Was Sexy, Latex-Clad History in the Making
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
Kristi Noem reportedly divorcing crossdressing husband following humiliating "bimbo" scandal
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
Hudson Williams Fires Back at Aggressive Autograph Hunters in Viral Video
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
Riley Gaines compared Kamala Harris WNBA speech to Kash Patel's Olympic partying. It didn't go well.
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
"Grueling process": Trans students drop their lawsuits in wake of anti-trans SCOTUS ruling
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
"A defining moment": Bizarre Mitch McConnell "proof of life" picture called out as "telling"
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
Olivia Wilde’s Group Sex Comedy The Invite Is Easily the Summer’s Best Film
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
"Anything went": When America went wild for queerness in the forgotten golden age of drag
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
New book reveals what we can learn from animal sex
‘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
Conservatives want us to forget our own power by erasing LGBTQ+ history. We won't let them.
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
Who might replace Lindsey Graham? The contenders and their LGBTQ records
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