A 54-year-old woman named Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi confessed on Tuesday to lethally stabbing her 49-year-old wife Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, in their Ramona, California home on February 17. Marodi was a lesbian captain for California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Ca...
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully pressured Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) end its gender-affirming care programs for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, in a settlement the DOJ announced Wednesday. GLA...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.More than four decades after New York shut down adult saunas during the height of the AIDS epidemic, state lawmakers are seeking to replace what they describe as an emergency-era policy with a modern regulatory framework built around...
Joe Gera, a pro-LGBTQ+ chef and content creator from Pennsylvania, recently accused anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who is married to a woman, of kissing a male escort. He also accused Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) of being gay. Neither Hawley nor Moreno have not responded to th...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth insulted trans women during his keynote address at this year's Special Operations Forces Week. "Everything starts and ends with warriors, from training to the battlefield," he said. "We are leaving wokeness and weakness behind. No more pronouns. ...
Fresh on the heels of WNBA player Sophie Cunningham's controversial comments about "biological men" in girls' locker rooms, the anti-trans news site Reduxx recently outed Olympic skater Alysa Liu's sister, Jaylin Liu, as transgender. Jaylin Liu, 16, competes in girls' sports at h...
I often travel around the United States and to other countries giving presentations and workshops on university and high school campuses and at professional conventions on topics around social justice issues. I remember giving a presentation on heterosexism at an East Coast unive...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's LGBTQ+ stances matter more than ever now that he recently won his state's primary election. Unlike other Senate candidates, El-Sayed has never held elected office. Though he helped coordinate his state's largest health office ...
One musical director gave himself over to absolute … deception?The story of a local Vermont production of The Rocky Horror Show that was cancelled after members of the cast and crew received threatening text messages has reached an unexpected second act: According to the Essex Po...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A nonbinary North Carolina school teacher has become the latest target of a harassment campaign by far-right extremist Libs of TikTok and other conservative influencers.A post showing a picture of the teacher has been viewed more tha...
This story originally appeared on Out.When Rosie O'Donnell sits in for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC stations later this month, the out lesbian said she isn't about to suspend her almost 20-year feud with President Donald Trump.Despite what happened to Kimmel last September...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Parents in Washington state have pulled their children out of school after learning that a teacher showed students a video about Pride Month. It’s the latest indication that some opponents of LGBTQ+ topics in schools object not simpl...
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) admonished the crowd at a Trump rally at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas yesterday for booing the mention of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. "So I know Pastor Teis spoke about Officer Abdelnabi a few moments ago-" Lombardo said at th...
A gay man in Bulgaria was beaten to death in what investigators believe may have been a hate crime after security camera footage showed a mob of teens beating him in a park. Parents picking up their kids from daycare found Georgi Kuzev injured this past Tuesday at 5:20 p.m. near ...
Elliot Page is taking press victory lap after playing Sinon in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster The Odyssey, and like any victor worth his salt would, he is using the spotlight to gush about his girlfriend, comedian and actress Julia Shiplett. In his August 5 interview on T...
Politico columnist Jonathan Martin pressed former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Kamala Harris, trying to get him to attack her, but Buttigieg refused the bait and shut Martin down. In a wide-ranging interview earlier this week, Martin asked Buttigieg about comments H...
Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing criticism for his comments in favor of Albertan separatism, supporting the idea that the Canadian province of Alberta should declare its independence from Canada and, in Bessent's opinion, join the United States. His comments come as...
After a snarky response on Bluesky was picked up by right-wing media as a sign that Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings was anti-trans and anti-woke, Jennings set the record straight, asserting that he stands with trans people and always has. “For the record: NOPE,” Jennings posted on Bl...
The board of directors of Mary’s House for Older Adults, the D.C.-based home dedicated to providing affordable housing for LGBTQ seniors, has announced it has named longtime nonprofit organization leader A. Charlene Leach as its new executive director. Leach, who is now serving i...
The Miss USA Organization has stepped in to snatch the crown of Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse. The organization’s president and CEO Thom Brodeur announced on Wednesday on social media that Boltinhouse’s reign had “come to an end” and that the decision to relinquish...
Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) made history in 2018 as the first out gay person to represent New Hampshire in Congress. Now, he's trying to make history again with his campaign to become the first out gay man to serve in the Senate. So naturally, Chris Pappas' LGBTQ+ record is receivin...
I understand why some will say I shouldn’t be so negative about a candidate. But the reality is, Suzanne Goode is one person who deserves the negativity. She has shown herself to walk with MAGA Republicans, and that is not the vibe conducive to the welcoming place Rehoboth is tod...
Everyone has now had more than a month to recover from Pride 2026. Even for those who have not yet put away all their seasonal rainbow paraphernalia or are still finding glitter in unexpected places, June is now a memory; hence, community members and allies have work to do. The L...
This story originally appeared on Out.If your anal fissures and hemorrhoids make your butt cheeks clench every time you so much as think about having sex, you may be missing out on an unusual cure. When over-the-counter creams, prescription compounds, and anal Botox (also called ...
A mob of people beat a transgender couple on May 31 after one of the partners used a public restroom in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. After the attack, police arrested one of the trans women, took her to a men's jail, and charged the couple with offenses that could result in months ...
Transgender New Hampshire state Rep. Alice Wade (D) today accused Democratic Socialist U.S. House candidate Heath Howard of pressuring her to drop out of her race because he believed her trans identity would spoil her chances. He initially denied all wrongdoing, but later admitte...
Anti-LGBTQ+ activist Scott LoBaido suffered a heart attack while waiting to confront pro-LGBTQ+ New York City Mayor at a New York Police Department National Night Out event in the Staten Island neighborhood of Midland Beach last night. First responders performed CPR and used a de...
One Million Moms is coming for a true TV mother. The well-known conservative activist group, which does not have one million members, has recently started campaigning against an ad for PrEP shown on TV Land, a network dedicated to airing classic television. The ad in question sta...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Joanna Whaley just moved one step closer to becoming Michigan’s first out transgender lawmaker.Whaley on Tuesday won the Democratic Primary in Michigan state House District 2, taking 56 percent of the vote to Frank Liberati’s 34 perc...
Former Transportation Secretary and likely 2028 contender Pete Buttigieg is getting praised online for his explanation of why Democrats should push for fundamental changes to how democracy works, even if such measures would take a long time to pass. Buttigieg has been speaking al...
Primary elections in five states on Tuesday yielded big wins for LGBTQ+ candidates, as progressives continue to dominate the Democrats' midterm races in 2026. The marquee election on Tuesday was the Michigan Senate Democratic primary, pitting progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed ...
Far-right commentator Ann Coulter is getting brutally mocked online for a particularly ignorant statement she made about Donald Trump, who she voted for in 2024. "That beautiful ending to Trump’s SOTU [State of the Union] address reminds me why we can’t have a second-, third-, or...
Two LGBTQ+ couples recently sued the MGM Resorts International after they were assaulted in June 2025 outside the MGM Grand Detroit while waiting for the valet to bring their car. Their assailants shouted homophobic slurs before knocking one of them unconscious and causing a trau...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.This story discusses self-harm.Perez Hilton was hospitalized Tuesday night after viewers reported an apparent self-harm crisis unfolding during a TikTok livestream from his Miami-area home.TikTok’s automated systems flagged the broad...
Lindsey Graham, who passed away on July 11 at 71 years old, served in the Senate for 23 years and garnered a reputation for his hawkish views and hardline anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Years before his death, rumors swirled as allegations surfaced about the Republican senator engaging with...
Administration at a middle school in Virginia allegedly banned all clubs from meeting just so that they could stop an LGBTQ+ club from meeting. Now the students are suing, saying the ban violated their First Amendment rights. On Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virg...
Republican Doug Ollivant will face off against incumbent U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Ollivant defeated his Republican opponents in Tuesday’s primary. Vindman ran unopposed. Vindman in 2024 ran to succeed then-Congresswoman Abigail Sp...
Several prominent D.C. LGBTQ community advocates said they are optimistic that Democratic mayoral nominee Janeese Lewis George, who is expected to easily win election as mayor in the city’s Nov. 3 general election, will continue her strong record of support on LGBTQ issues from h...
A few years ago, John Gilbert McCurdy, a gay professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Eastern Michigan, was researching 18th-century British General Thomas Gage, the man tasked with pacifying Britain's North American colonies as unrest spread ahead of the American...
Michigan held its primary on Tuesday, allowing the two major political parties to select their nominees to go head-to-head for the state's U.S. Senate seat. NBC News called the Democratic race early, giving the victory to physician Abdul El-Sayed over incumbent U.S. Rep. Haley St...
For some reason, even my most offline friends seem to have heard the viral clip of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones shouting about the chemicals in our water supply that are making the frogs gay. The claim, most memorably made in a 2015 broadcast on his show InfoWars, is of course ...
Donald Trump was asked for comment this week on the disturbing domestic violence allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) revealed in a May 24th affidavit written by Miller's ex-wife, Emily Moreno. While the president was heading toward his plane, a reporter asked him for his t...
This story originally appeared on Out.Skip is coming back!News about the eagerly-awaited second season of Heated Rivalry has been trickling in over the course of the last several months, and now we have confirmation that two fan-favorite characters are definitely returning.In a n...
A federal appeals court ruled 8-5 in favor of Florida's anti-drag law on Tuesday, with the majority deciding the law does not violate the First Amendment. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a preliminary injunction imposed by a lower court, reasoning that "there is no ...
During a rant against trans women athletes, Donald Trump joked that if he were a women's basketball coach, he'd ask NBA legend LeBron James to transition so his team could be the greatest of all time. “I’d be the greatest women’s basketball coach in history," Trump said during a ...
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is facing public scrutiny following abuse allegations from multiple women, including his ex-wife Emily Moreno, and he just appeared on Jake Tapper's CNN show in a trainwreck interview in an attempt to salvage his reputation. And one of the strategies he use...
Several drag artists who were scheduled to appear at an event celebrating RuPaul’s Drag Race star Kennedy Davenport’s birthday, as well as her 30-year anniversary of doing drag, have dropped out of the performance following fan backlash due to the planned inclusion of Shangela, a...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faced stiff criticism in June when he announced that he had taken a seven-month road trip paid for by millions of dollars in corporate largesse, ostensibly to produce a reality TV series celebrating America's 250th anniversary. But several mont...
I was recently having a conversation with a close friend about Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s recent anti-trans comments, where she claimed she wants “to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.” By no...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) — who spent years calling for the January 6 insurrectionists to not face any consequences for their violent attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election that resulted in the deaths of five people and left nearly 200 ...
Editor’s note: International News Editor Michael K. Lavers and Photo Editor Michael Key are on assignment in Amsterdam through Aug. 10. AMSTERDAM — Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten on Wednesday opened the World Pride Human Rights Conference in Amsterdam. Jetten — who in February b...
A new study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment found that healthcare providers may not be providing clear and consistent information about breast cancer risk assessment to people seeking gender-affirming top surgery.Although the study is based on interv...
Opponents of gender-affirming care for trans youth often claim that puberty blockers negatively impact young people's bone density; something that sounds alarming considering that adolescence is the primary time of life when humans acquire their lifelong bone mass. However, a stu...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A Virginia school board responded to students’ efforts to create an LGBTQ+ support club by repeatedly changing the rules, renaming the problem and, ultimately, making the club impossible to form, according to a federal lawsuit filed ...
California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra's LGBTQ+ record is extensive. Not only has he served as a California State Assembly member, a U.S. House representative, California's attorney general, and the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he has loudly stood up ...
The Family Research Council (FRC), the oldest anti-LGBTQ+ hate group in the U.S., published an article yesterday criticizing U.S. Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) for citing Jesus quotes in the Bible about healing the sick to justify his support for govern...
A new study of Canadian adolescents who were referred to pediatric gender clinics is now part of a growing body of evidence showing that rates of "detransition" are remarkably low. An overwhelming majority (97.1%) of adolescents who were referred to university-associated clinics ...
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Texas state Rep. James Talarico rejected the argument Monday that Democrats must abandon transgender people to win competitive elections, offering one of his clearest responses yet to the Republican campaign against his support for t...
MS NOW host Rachel Maddow sounded the alarm on potential cybersecurity risks to the U.S. after the Trump administration cut back on cybersecurity defense, and seven states' water supplies were subject to cyberattacks last week. Federal authorities last week said that at least sev...
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court on Monday against the Trump Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM), challenging its decision to prohibit insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care for federal em...
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A 54-year-old woman named Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi confessed on Tuesday to lethally stabbing her 49-year-old wife Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, i…
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) successfully pressured Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) end its gender-affi…
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.More than four decades after New York shut down adult saunas during the height of the AIDS ep…
Joe Gera, a pro-LGBTQ+ chef and content creator from Pennsylvania, recently accused anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who is married to a…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth insulted trans women during his keynote address at this year's Special Operations Forces Week. "Everything…
Fresh on the heels of WNBA player Sophie Cunningham's controversial comments about "biological men" in girls' locker rooms, the anti-trans n…
I often travel around the United States and to other countries giving presentations and workshops on university and high school campuses and…
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's LGBTQ+ stances matter more than ever now that he recently won his state's primary elec…
One musical director gave himself over to absolute … deception?The story of a local Vermont production of The Rocky Horror Show that was can…
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.A nonbinary North Carolina school teacher has become the latest target of a harassment campai…
This story originally appeared on Out.When Rosie O'Donnell sits in for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC stations later this month, the ou…
This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Parents in Washington state have pulled their children out of school after learning that a te…
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