Them Superlatives: Team Ironman Transmasc Is Our “Dream Team”
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
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Hundreds of thousands expected to attend D.C. Pride events
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pride events in D.C. this month. The Capital Pride Alliance is marking its 51st year with a full slate of events, including a parade, festival, concert, parties, and community events across the city. This year’s theme is “EXIST. RESIST. Have the
Queen Jean is Tony’s first transgender winner
It was a historic night at the 79th annual Tony Awards on Sunday as Queen Jean won the award for Best Costume Design of a Musical, making her the first out transgender person to win a Tony. "This experience has been monumental. We are here for the legacy of queer people, trans people," she said. "We
Sloppier Makeouts Than ‘Heated Rivalry’? ‘Slo Pitch’ Creators Tease New Sapphic Show
During an interview with E Talk, stars Karen Knox, Jess Salgueiro and Emily Hampshire spoke about what viewers have in store.
GOP senator rages at Pete Hegseth for excluding Mormons from list of Christian sects: "Undo it."
Mormon anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) raged on social media after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listed the Latter-day Saints as a religious sect separate from Christians on a newly revised list of military members' faiths. In a May 20 memo, the Department of Defense slashed the number of indiv
Court Rules Trump Can’t Move Transgender Women to Men’s Prisons
The judge's order keeps 14 incarcerated women in their current placements after the court found evidence of serious safety risks.
Them Superlatives: Team Ironman Transmasc Is Our “Dream Team”
For our Pride series, Olympic athlete Nikki Hiltz honors Schuyler Bailar, Chella Man, and Cal Calamia.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration's plan to send 14 trans women to men's prisons
A federal court blocked the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from transferring 14 transgender women from women's prisons to men's prisons, saying that doing so puts the women in danger. The ruling, which came down on Sunday, is in Doe v. Blanche, a legal challenge to the president's stance that the g
Missing trans art student found dead after weeks of searching
The body of a transgender art student missing for nearly a month was found on May 24 in a wooded area near the campus of Northern Kentucky University (NKU), where he was a student, police and family say. Murry Foust, 22, was last seen on April 27 in Covington, Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati, acc
Trans Student Murry Foust Receives Posthumous Arts Degree at Memorial
Foust’s professors unanimously praised his creativity at the standing-room-only event.
Neo-Nazis tried to disrupt a Pride event. It didn't go quite as planned.
About 10 neo-Nazis wearing matching red and black outfits, sunglasses, and masks protested Athens Pridefest in Georgia last Saturday, while holding a black flag with a white swastika on it, delivering Nazi salutes, and reportedly shouting “Heil Hitler” along with racist and anti-gay slurs. Pride att
Ashlyn Harris Wants “Closure” After Publicly Falling In Love With Sophia Bush
The famous athlete is embracing a new chapter of her life and addresses all of her struggles in a raw documentary.
TikTok Influencer Christoper Delgado Responds to Fan Concerns About “Exploratory Therapy”
Delgado’s posts are continuing to create confusion and concern among his followers.
Activist & designer Qween Jean makes trans history with Tony win: "We have to take up space"
Trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean made history at last night's Tony Awards, becoming the first out trans person to ever win one of the iconic theater awards. Jean won for Best Costume Design of a Musical for her work on Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of the original Cats musical. Re
Girls will be forced to undergo vaginal inspections if voters approve anti-trans sports measure
Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, could block poorer stu
Federal judge rips into Trump administration lawyers & refers them for disciplinary proceedings
A federal judge has referred attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disciplinary proceedings, criticizing them harshly for how they behaved when asking for trans kids' private medical records as part of a wide and unfocused investigation into a hospital that provides gender-affirming care
PHOTOS: Pride Run
The D.C. Front Runners held the 14th annual 5K Pride Run at Congressional Cemetery on Saturday, June 6. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) View on Threads The post PHOTOS: Pride Run appeared first on Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News.
With its efforts to placate Trump, business is proving once again that it is a fickle LGBTQ+ ally
With so many frontal attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the federal government, it's easy to overlook the impact from the private sector. But according to a new report from Out Leadership, which describes itself as "the global LGBTQ+ network," it finds that the red and blue state divide mat
Rosie O'Donnell returns to US with some choice words for Donald Trump: "He is a psychopath"
Longtime Donald Trump enemy Rosie O'Donnell did not mince words when asked about the president on the Tony Awards red carpet Sunday night. A reporter from Variety commended the out comedian – who fled to Ireland after Trump won the 2024 presidential election – for never being afraid to speak out. O'
Pride-goers boo Democrat who tried to blame 2024 election loss on trans kids in sports
Attendees at Boston's annual Pride parade on June 6 booed Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) as he marched down the street, likely due to prior comments the lawmaker has made about trans rights. In a video posted to social media, Moulton and his supporters can be seen marching with rainbow signs while onlooke
Bowen Yang Opens Up About ‘SNL’ Exit: “I Never Felt That Central”
In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Yang said he always felt more like a “weird utility” player.
Judge slammed in grand jury report for refusing to officiate lesbian couple's wedding
A grand jury in New York ruled that a judge who refused to marry a same-sex couple in 2024 should be removed from office, ripping into her by accusing her of "[laying] bare her bigotry towards homosexual people and her willingness to put her personal feelings above her oath as an official charged wi
Hudson Williams Reportedly “Unaware” Swastika Was Drawn on His Face in Teen Pic
Sources close to the Heated Rivalry star told TMZ the Nazi symbol has “never reflected Hudson’s beliefs, values, or character.”
"Emotionally unstable" Trump storms out of interview after journalist calls him out for lying
Donald Trump stormed out of an NBC interview on Sunday when challenged about his claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Trump was talking about the January 6 rioters, who he pardoned en masse last year, when journalist Kristen Welker said, "Just to be very clear, there's no evidence of what you're
Remember when a psychologist said Trump’s doctors are monitoring “his dementia and/or strokes”?
A psychologist is speaking out about what it means that the president keeps taking cognitive tests, explaining that Donald Trump's doctors are likely past the point of trying to figure out whether he is suffering from dementia and are now just monitoring his decline. Former Johns Hopkins University
D.C.’s housing reality: Cautious optimism meets landlord strain
Washington has long prided itself on stability. Anchored by the federal government and buoyed by a highly educated workforce, the District has historically weathered economic uncertainty better than most cities. But beneath that stability, cracks have been showing since January 2025. I was having a
‘Mighty Real’ explores history of LGBTQ music
‘Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000’By Barry Waltersc.2026, Viking$35/496 pages Step, step, tap, back step. Shimmy in a circle, left hand waving over your head, shake your tail feathers, repeat to the beat. Once there was a time when you could do any dance in your sleep, but it’s been
A study examined support for gay candidates based on gender presentation. The results may surprise you.
A new study out of Northwestern University in Chicago asserts that gay candidates are receiving more support than ever from voters, shedding the "electoral penalty" of being gay in ever greater numbers. At the same time, voters are imposing another penalty on candidates for gender presentation: male
Vivian Wilson walks off red carpet after reporter says her father Elon Musk is "the best"
Billionaire Elon Musk's estranged trans daughter, Vivian Wilson, made headlines this week for her abrupt exit from an interview after the reporter told her that Musk is "the best." Wilson, a model, was at an event in Spain to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Desigual store. Video of the m
PHOTOS: 'Soul Divas'
The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington performed "Soul Divas" at the Lincoln Theatre over the weekend. The show featured songs popularized by Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and more. (Washington Blade photos by Michael Key) The post PHOTOS: 'Soul Divas' appeared
Trump is targeting queers. Faeries & witches are magically helping the most vulnerable.
Republicans' increasing attacks on transgender people have compelled many trans people and their families to move to Portland, Oregon, a trans-friendly city in a state with lots of trans legal protections. To help these newcomers, 65-year-old Stella Maris — who identifies as a "bi, poly, switch, fat
Queer author pens touching ode to chosen family: "They see who I am"
Acclaimed queer author Kristen Arnett recently shared the moving story of her queer Florida wedding, during which she was surrounded by chosen family after a decade of estrangement from her biological one. In an excerpt from the anthology Living, Together published in Oprah Daily, the With Teeth and
Remember when 2 men were hit with a cane 80 times each for hugging & kissing in private?
Islamic authorities in Indonesia's Aceh province will hit a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man 80 times with a cane for kissing and hugging each other in a public toilet. Witnesses in the Taman Sari city park informed police after seeing the men enter the same restroom in April, leading to the me
GOP goes all in on gay jokes, court rejects trans military ban & Pride Month is off to a rocky start
GOP's first attack on James Talarico in Texas Senate campaign is to call him "too low-T" for Texas Is he really a man? That's the question the GOP has been focusing on in this race, with GOP state Attorney General Ken Paxton mocking Talarico for supporting LGBTQ+ rights, being vegan (he's not), and
Timothy Nelson on the premiere of his opera ‘Song of Sakuntala’
‘The Song of Sakuntala’IN SeriesIn Washington and BaltimoreAtlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St., N.E.(Selected dates June 6-14)Baltimore Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., Baltimore(June 19-21)$25-35Inseries.org As the artistic director of IN Series, Timothy Nelson rarely blows his own horn, bu
Controversial ‘Blue Film’ pushes past taboos for gripping drama
When movies are labeled as “controversial,” the effect is often akin to Oscar Wilde’s quip that “there’s only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Indeed, a whiff of controversy can be the best publicity of all, turning a movie that might otherwise ha
For gay Palestinians fleeing persecution at home, Israel is no safe haven
Israel, which bills itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, has long claimed that status makes it a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution elsewhere in the region. In his speech before Congress in 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked protesters holding “Gays for G
Cara Delevingne says she's a "proud lesbian" after rejecting labels in the past
Model and actress Cara Delevingne said she is "very happy" to call herself a lesbian despite long struggling with the concept of labels. "People love to comment on stuff like that, [and say things like] 'she's not gay, she's pan,' or 'she's had boyfriends," Delevingne told Variety in a May 29 interv
People still ask me why we need Pride. The answer could not be simpler.
People of all ages have consistently asked me two questions over the years: 1. “Why do you have to have those Pride marches every June?" 2. “Why do you think you deserve these special rights that straight people don’t have?” Related GOP candidate shows no remorse after disturbing "Anti-Pride Month"
This 81-year-old nun is helping Catholic parents affirm their trans kids
An 81-year-old St. Louis nun has devoted the past two years to helping Catholic parents affirm their trans children. Sister Nancy Corcoran of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet hosts weekly dinners where about two dozen parents commiserate over the challenges of raising trans children in Americ
Remember when Idaho Republicans voted no on overturning same-sex marriage?
The Idaho House of Representatives passed a measure this week asking the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the U.S. But the legislation lost three Republican votes compared to a similar measure that passed in the state House last year. As the Id